Norfolk Street Cars Run Under Guard in Strike Combat
Cars ran on the main line under police and militia guard as strikers clash with operators in Norfolk. Wives and children confront motormen on tracks while wires are cut and track obstacles placed. Debs and Mahone arrive to mediate. one union leader jailed briefly and released on bail as two militia battalions guard car barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
Seventy-first Regiment of Virginia
Hunterville
W. D. Mahone
National Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
Detroit
Eugene V. Debs
Milwaukee
Norfolk Armory
Samuel Kelly
Street Car Union
Curious fight ends in murder charge in Mississippi camp
In Jones county two Mississippi Negroes quarreled in a lumber camp. George Murphy and Ed Reed fought with axes. Reed collapsed and Murphy was charged with murder. Physicians testified the ax did not strike Reed. death came from apoplexy likely caused by fright or excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Jones County
George Murphy
Ed Reed
Reed
Murphy
The Mississippi cotton crop forecast for 1901 02
Mississippi expects a crop not less than 1 300 000 bales based on data from Greenville Clarksdale and Yazoo City receipts. Greenville shows 67 733 bales since September versus 68 160 last year an increase of 9 220 bales. Movement is slowing as rail handling declines across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Greenville
Delta
Clarksdale
Yauoo City
Insane of North Carolina. Increase in Negro asylums
In Raleigh on March 3 a special report notes 270 female and 1959 male patients in the Goldsboro hospital for insane negroes. Superintendent Miller cites similar rise among whites and attributes higher female insanity to harsher work, desertion, and mistreatment as contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. J
Goldsboro
Miller
Mississippi manufactories spur new ventures across state
Mississippi manufactures, Jackson, special report notes many new enterprises in thirty days. Notable developments include a shop factory at Lexington and an oil mill with a fertilizer plant at Brookhaven. The Lexington plant claims to be the first of its kind in the state and offers farmers free sorghum seed if they pledge to plant a set amount of cane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Lexington
Brookhaven
Barrow Urges Reform After Gambling Charge In Savannah
Savannah judge Pope Barrow, successor to the late Robert Falligant, delivered his first grand jury charge. He urged reform in juvenile confinement and warned that gambling erodes society, calling for indictments of offenders and cooperation of court officers to curb crime. He urged a county reformatory for juveniles and criticized the current juvenile confinement as a disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Pope Barrow
Superior Court
Robert Falligant
Barrow
Chatham County
Grand Jury
Freight Collision Near Nashville Kills One Injures Three
A mid afternoon crash on the Louisville and Nashville line at Pulaski Tennessee left one fireman dead and three others injured after a northbound freight failed to switch correctly and moved into a siding where a southbound train stood. The dead is John Harley with injuries listed for engineer Joe Zanone conductor J G Martin and brakeman Robert Wilson. In Jackson drift oil drilling expands with wells over 1200 feet at Wilson Springs and a new company forms to bore near Clermont City Hancock County Mississippi March reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Pulaski
Here
Louisville and
John Harley
Joe Zanone
J. G. Martin
Robert Wilson
Jackson
Miss
Wilson Springs
Claremont City
Hancock County
Doctor Accused of Crime in Buncombe County
Raleigh March 3 Special. Dr W J Clantz once a respected Buncombe county physician is under a 32000 bond facing a serious charge. He is accused of betraying an insane girl and taking her to a Western city where they stayed for a time. He denies the accusation calling it blackmail. A warrant followed his return from the West and the case began with an initial 310000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
W. J. Clantz
Buncombe County
Central of Georgia Railway Reports 1908 Earnings and Costs
The Central of Georgia railway releases a comparative statement showing gross earnings of 67,236 for 1908 and 672,336 for earlier period, expenditures and taxes totaling 2,828,104 seven months, and net earnings of 216,901 for the year with seven months figures of 1,497,552. The report highlights earnings, costs, and tax burdens as of March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central of Georgia Railway
Independence Day Observed Across Texas Stateswide
Texas Independence Day was generally observed as a holiday with formal exercises confined to public schools. In Huntsville Sam Houston’s grave received flowers, Austin’s university students followed a set programme, and Baylor College in Waco laid corner stones for two new buildings to cost 140000 dollars, Governor Sayres attending and delivering remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Huntsville
Sam Houston
Austin
Waco
Baylor College
SayTes
Meridian inventor to compete with flying machine at exposition
Richard T. Mynton of Meridian announces a perfected flying machine model will enter the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis in 1993. He has begun active work on the entry, outlining plans and timing for the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson, M
Richard T. ¥. Mynton
Meridian
St. Louis
Revealed Real Name Before Death
It is revealed that the white man known as Johnson, hanged at Asheville last Wednesday, told the jailer his true name before death. The jailer promised on the gallows not to disclose the secret.
Western North Carolina Facing Awful Railroad Blockade
News from Asheville dated March 8 reports widespread disruption in the western section of the state. derailments and washed-out tracks strand passengers and freight, with many towns cut off. rescue efforts include a large wrecking train and staff working to restore rail service as weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Murphy Division
Numerous Homes Damaged by Storm Near Hawkinsville
A severe late winter storm swept through Hawkinsville Georgia causing widespread damage. Trees and fences felled, two blacksmith shops destroyed, a depot blown off its piers, and parts of Holmes & Co premises ruined. A two story plantation house housing African Americans was leveled with non fatal injuries. Railroad washouts halted northbound trains since Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkinsville
Hartford
Wrightaville and Tennille
Holmes & Co
H. H. Kirkpatrick
M. Phillips
Megro
Southern
Storm in Madison County Causes Flood Damage
Heavy rains in Madison County Georgia push streams to thirty year highs. Bridges are swept away on Broad and South rivers, lightning kills many cattle, but no fatalities reported. Danielsville records widespread damage as rivers surge across crossings and boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danielsville
Madison County
Broad River
South River
James River Flood Subsides in Virginia
Richmond Va March 3 The James river flood is subsiding and by tonight all inconvenience from high water will have passed No great property damage but railroad and street car traffic delays have suspended much business across the state district which is partially inundated Reports from the watershed show clear weather and the water volume in the valley has passed out No lives have been lost.
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James River
Richmond
Flood in Muscogee County Most Disastrous In History
Columbus Ga March 3 Special The recent flood as reports from all parts of Muscogee County show was the most disastrous in the history of the county Commissioner Tillman stated today that the damage to the local areas was extensive and widespread across farms roads and homes with relief needs emerging across the region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Muscogee County
Tillman
Flood Reels In Big River Damage Across Columbus Area
Heavy rain left bridges and roads worth ten to twelve thousand dollars in Columbus, with plantations heavily damaged and fields washed. The Chatta hoochee rose, flooding lowlands while the river slowly receded. Mud and silt filled mills and streets, but dams and water lines aided recovery as trains and traffic inch back toward normal.
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Woolfolk’s
Chattahoochee
Hagle
Phenix
Muyscagee
Eagle and Phenix
Columminis
Columbus
Alabama
Central Railway
Fourteenth Street
Tower Wagon
Central
Mobile and
Girard
Trestles Rebuilt. Rails Run Again to Griffin Mountain City
Trestles washed out on the Chattanooga division of the Central railroad have all been rebuilt and the first train passed into Griffin today. The Southern line reported a Columbus to Griffin train this afternoon and schedules are expected to be maintained. Recovery efforts for Engineer Matthews continued with the body not located by late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
Chattanooga
Central Railroad
Mountain City
Southern
Columbus
Couch's Creek
Matthews
Newton Bridges Destroyed in Flood Waters
Covington Ga March 3 Special. Watercourses around Newton have receded but several large bridges were carried away by flood. Colonel L L Middlebrooks lost ten head of cattle in a low pasture as water rose. Covington mills suffered a serious loss when the dam of their supply pond broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Newton
L. L
Middlebrooks
Covington Mills
Good Roads Train Delayed In Virginia
Heavy rains halt experimental road work delaying the good roads special train in Chariotiesville under Southern Railway National Good Roads Association and agricultural inquiry office. The event now set for March 4 and the Jefferson Memorial Good Roads convention moved to April 2 3 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariotiesville
Southern Railway
National Good Roads Association
Agricultural Inquiry Office
The
Agricultural Department
Parker Says Populist and Democrat Divided in Memphis
Memphis on March 3 reports Joseph Parker, chairman of the national convention of the middle of the road populists, in talks to move the National Populist Convention from Louisville to Memphis and set a later date. He predicts no fusion with the democrats, notes their drift from populist principles, and says a new platform may be adopted at the coming convention, distinct and acceptable to all factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Parker
Louisville
Parker
Work on extension begins on Tallulah Falls line
Work on the Tallulah Falls railway extension from Tallulah Falls to Franklin North Carolina will start this week with the first 6 14 miles contracted. The full 40 mile plus project is expected to finish within the year. A new depot site on Main street will replace the current Georgia street location, with a modern station to benefit local manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah Falls
Franklin
N.C. Demorest
N. C
Georgia Street
Main Street
How Nate Harris Returns Urged Claim in Washington
Macon Georgia March 3 Special Hon Wat E Harris led a Macon committee to Washington to press for a government building. They spoke before the house committee on public buildings and met with Judge Bartlett and the Mercer committee chair. Washington officials promised a strong showing and possible action toward funding. Carrollton City Court Meets Discusses criminal docket and county misdemeanor indictments. civil business to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Macon
Wat E. Harris
Congressional Committee
Harris
House Committee On Public Buildings
Judge Bartlett
Mercer
Nebraska
Bartlett
City Court of
Carrollton
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Debs and
Mehone
Insane
North Carolina
Harley
Zauu
Lbs Beobicu
S.S.S
Withy
Carolina Devaes Vasgerbilt
Biltmore
Board of All Commissioners
Marshall
Muscogee
Pearline
Len
California Fig Syrup Co
CWO
Perry
Buford
J. A. Perry
Lawrenceville
Tennec
Tennessee
Ita
Nate Harris
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