Sheriffs Taxation Debate Signals Gubernatorial Hopes
Montgomery June 24 Special The constitutional convention in session at Montgomery amended a sheriff accountability clause and tabled it after a lengthy debate. Captain Frank White's strong remarks supported a tax on farmer interest and hinted at a gubernatorial bid. Debate focused on municipal corporations and taxation with railroad commissioner reforms a major talking point.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fitts
Knox
Burns
Dallas
Nis
Samford
Fike
Frank White
Lio
Boy Fatally Risks Poison By Drinking Carbolic Acid
In Richmond on June 1 an orphaned boy of about eight drank carbolic acid from a bottle while seeking a prize. A physician saved him but he suffered a badly burned mouth. Detective Charles Gibson’s nephew was not named in the report.
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Richmond
John Taylor
Charles Gibson
Accident Claims Prominent Chihuahua Resident In El Paso
Enrique Muller, a wealthy Chihuahua figure, was killed in El Paso when a pistol discharged while a servant removed it from his saddle. Muller died instantly after the accident yesterday afternoon.
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el Paso
Tex
Enrique Muller
Chihuahua
Sener Muller
Muller
Engineer Crushed by Belting at Richmond Power Plant
Greaver Williams, 43, engineer at the Brown Island plant of the Richmond Passenger and Power Company, was killed when caught in the belting at the power house last night. He tried to step through the belt. it tripped him and he was slammed against engine foundations, suffering a crushed skull. He died at a hospital early today after fifteen years with the company.
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Beginesr
Richmond
Greaver Williams
Brown Island
Richmond Passenger and Power Company
Willems
Encampments in Alabama to be held at three locations
Alabama guard officers decide the First regiment annual encampment will be at Mobile, the Second at Eufaula and the Third at Birmingham or Huntsville with Colonel Hiden to choose between Birmingham and Huntsville. In Nashville, Walton & Cantrell assigns debts totaling 16,000 to 29,000.
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Montgomery
Als
State National Guard
Mobile
Eufaula
Birmingham
Huntsvil's
Hiden
Huntsville
Nashville
Tenn
J— Walton & Cantrell
Mabilt
Kentucky man’s prank ends with federal case in Illinois
A Kentucky cashier and Republican activist Michael Richardson played a joke on an Edwardsville, Illinois farmer by answering a wife ad and arranging correspondence and photos. When the plan soured Richardson allegedly sent obscene letters, prompting federal charges under postal laws and his arrest.
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Louisilre
Jane
Michael Richardson
Monroe County
Tlinois
Richardson
United States
Edwardsville
Kentucky
Edwardaville
Woman Takes Plea In Unwritten Law Case In Kentucky
Somerset Kentucky June 24 Special Mrs Amanda Hunley on trial for murder of rival said to be her husband's paramour offers a unique defense based on Kentucky unwritten law that a husband may slay a despoiler at home first time a wife has sought refuge in this rule
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Kentucky
Somerset
Amanda Hunley
Drewit Court
Sisters of Charity Buy Bishop Jackson Property for Hospital
In Montgomery on June 4 the Sisters of Charity purchased the old Bishop Jackson residence and grounds for 302,000 at public outcry. They plan a 50,000 hospital on the site after citizens subscribed 510,000 to the fund. The dwelling, built by Governor Watts before the Civil War, becomes a charitable hospital project.
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Sisters of Charity
Bishop Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
Watts
Sugar prices cut by American Sugar Refining and Arbuckle Bros
New York June 24 The American Sugar Refining Company reduced all grades of refined sugars by 10 points The National Sugar Refining Company followed Arbuckle Bros in matching the cut in prices at the Houston Market House Houston Texas June 24 The market house built in 1877 at 325000 was totally destroyed by fire with city records saved
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American Company
Arbuckle Bros
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Theational Sugar Refining Company
Houston Market House
Houston
Texas
Rich man killed in a Barbour barroom
Selma Alabama June 2 Special Shortly after 4 pm in Walker s saloon on Alabama street Walker shot and killed W W Bates a wealthy farmer from Hamburg Perry county Bates arrived this morning and began brandishing a pistol Walker retreated then returned and fired striking Bates in hand and heart Bates had a Colt revolver knives and whisky on him Walker claimed self defense and was released after coroner s verdict of justifiable homicide but later arrested on a warrant Bates described as Doll Bates and well known in the community
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Selma
Ala
Walker
Alabama Street
WLIR
W. W. Bates
Bates
Doll Bates
Hamburg
Perry County
Wil Walker
Len Connelly
Neht Niselzar
Aimaelf
Hatcher
Marquis de Lur Saluces On Trial In Paris Senate
The Marquis de Lur Saluces, a noted royalist and former member of the Chamber of Deputies, stands in the Senate court at Paris on trial for treason after returning to France in May following a January banishment. He reads a political indictment of the government and declares the court is his adversaries. The trial adjourned after questions. he did not reply to why he fled the frontier.
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France
Senate
Paris
Marquis de Lur Saluces
Ond
Chamber of Arpaches
Dreyfys
M. Faillere
Marquis
Court of Justice
M. Faillera
Marquis de Lur
Talere
Great Cotton Fire in England at Manchester Warehouse
Richardson Tee Ri ero and Co. warehousemen report a cotton warehouse fire in Manchester causing about 120000 pounds sterling in damage. The incident occurred June 24 with substantial losses to cotton stocks and storage facilities.
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England
Tendon
Tondan Spare Moments and a London Suburb Roof Joke
A Lancashire crowd of colliers spends time in pubs causing idle workdays and wage debates as a mother learns 5 percent pay boosts. In London Spare Moments a tenant laments rain leaking through a shabby rental roof causing witty exchanges with a scolding landlord over basic comforts.
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London
Chautauqua Opens Fifteenth Annual Meeting in Lexington
Lecturers and events announced for the Kentucky chautauqua assembly in Lexington at Woodland Park. The eleven day program features speakers including John DeWitt Miller and J Arthur Fallows among others from Philadelphia Atlanta Nebraska New York London and Chicago.
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Kentucky Chautauqua
Lexington
Spector
Kentucky Chautauqua Assembly
Woodland Park
Davidson
Fecture
John DeWitt Miller
Philadelphia
Jom B Goreen
Atlanta
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Robert Stuart McArthur
New York
S. A. Steel
Richmond
Morgan Wood
Cleveland
Lou
Bearchamp Hamilton
Francis Reiley
Linsing
Mlb
Elizabeth Shelly
Stanley L Erensing
Pas
J. Ormiston
Londonland
Colline Arhhur Johnson
Chicago
James B. Bend
J. Arthur Fallows
Lonam
England
Frank Vox
Columbus
Minnie Murfree Burton
Lowssville
Frances E. Beauchamp
Fatal Plot Against De Bray Revealed in Confession
The article reports on a murder plot involving De Bray. Oscar Hammond proclaims innocence and offers to prove his alibi. Detectives believe Janae confessed truthfully, while a witness Teac Hammond confesses, shaping the coroner’s inquest as Isaac Hammond faces reexamination.
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Oscar Hammond
Isaac
Tam
Isaac Hammond
Janae
Erwin
DeBray
Tom Hammond
Officer Luck
Teaac Hammond
Sensational Mrs Gray Charged With Poisoning Husband
Jennie Gray, a 22 year old widow of Joseph Gray, stood trial in Pontotoc for poisoning her wealthy husband with arsenic. The jury failed to reach a verdict after six days, with testimony detailing a conspiracy with her sister and arsenic found in the coffee pot. She will be retried in December.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jennie Gray
Joseph Gray
Pontotoc
Miss
Dennia Gray
William Robbins
Gray
Red
Pontentoe County
Woeful flood tales from Taeger and beyond
Reports describe a massive flood driving 81 foot river heights at Taeger station within hours, washing away outbuildings and some homes. A Vivian train was rescued by ropes as towns upriver flooded, rail lines damaged, and lumber plants in McDowell and Mercer counties sustained heavy losses. Overall fatalities appeared low but estimates varied amid chaotic communications.
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Taeger
Vivian
Ennis
Ritter
Panther
McDowell
Mercer
Ife
Twelve Pale
Dingess
Bluefield
Rognoke
Congressman Aldrich Endorses Peruna Tonic
Washington letter cites endorsements of Peruna by Hon. W. F. Aldrich and H. Emory Neb., praising its tonic effects for debility nerves sleep and digestion. The ad notes 80,000 testimonials and offers a free booklet on catarrhal diseases by The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
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W. F. Aldrich
Alabama
Washington, D C
Peruna Medicine Co
Cottembue
HS. Emory
Kp's
Omaha
Neb
North
Sixteenth Street
Perona Agatonic
Columbus
Ohio
Flood Dominates News as Coal Strike Fades
Descriptions of boats and saddled horses floating, box cars adrift at Big Sandy, likely from Norfolk and Western routes. Floods halt coal shipments, dampening miners’ strike momentum. Attorneys Campbell and Hott report no details from HQ but expect immense damage to the railroad and industrial activity.
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Big Sandy
Dig Sandy
Chesapeake and Qhie
Greffys Creek
Louisa
Norfolk and Western
Campbell and Hott
Total flood loss to be about sixty lives in West Virginia
Dispatches to Henry Fink president of Norfolk and Western report that the June floods caused about sixty deaths. Mines suffered damage but key mines will resume coal traffic tomorrow. Ennis saw a six foot rise in thirty minutes and the North Fork branch was washed away. Ohio Governor Nash offered aid after wire reports from Williamson and Panther indicate rail lines washed out and roadbed fills needed. Damages in Kanawha Valley pegged at one hundred thousand dollars with houses barns and track damage.
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Henry Fink
New York
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Johnson
West Virginia
Ennis
North Fork
Norfolk and Western
Nash
Columbus
Williamson
Panther
White
Ohio
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
W. Va
Scanawhs
New Coal Works
Blakes Branch
Morrla Creek
Davis-Gordon Company
Danger Lurks in New Possessions Amid Carpetbagger Critique
In a critical reflection on imperial expansion, the article argues the main threats to newly acquired islands come not from local leaders but from the influence of American carpetbaggers. It portrays these outsiders as greedy and destructive, likening them to a malodorous bird that sows death and corruption, undermining legitimate governance and land stewardship.
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Dallas Nene
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Sumter County
Henry Fontaine Reese
Dallas County
Gesner Williams
Marengo County
Will Er&ct Fine Hospital
Suga
Senuine
Itfor Meadacre
Young Walker
Iroyalist Marquis
Lancashire
Joseph Norwood
Lowndes
DE Bray
Ehay
Weshbonran
Mississigni
Aldrich
Emory
Denver
St.Louis
Burlington
St. Loui
Caves St. Louis
Scenic Colorado
Ping
Atlanta, Ga
Boston
BAN -Amerigan
Buffalo
The
Somme
Ocean Steamship Company
W G. Brewer
City T.& P.A
Savannah
Fischer Piano
J. Lewis Browne
Southern
Phillips & Crew Co
Peachtree St
Marietta Chautauqua
Western & Atlantic R. R
Marietta
Chautauqua
Cc. E. Harman
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