Southern colonization boom drives factory growth across states
The Times-Herald reports vigorous colonization by railroads into the South fueling widespread industrial expansion. Factories and mines open or grow in Tennessee Virginia Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida Mississippi and Louisiana with mills, creameries, planters and plantations expanding along major lines. Colonies along the Southern railway attract thousands to homestead excursions as phosphate lands cassava and timber drive new business opportunities and immigration.
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Georgia
Southern Railway
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Knoxville
Huntswee
Ala
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Tesh
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Porto Rican Tariff Fights Dominate Senate Debates
Senate to devote most of the week to the Porto Rican question with Alaska chief interest as Carter’s Alaska code bill gains tempo. Republican caucus to discuss Porto Rico tariff after which free traders may seek amendments while Democrats back unamended passage. Executive session on Mr Bynum nomination may be delayed and Clark case hearings set to begin Wednesday.
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Committee On Territories
Bynum
New York
Democratic Ieaders
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark
Foss
Fright Caused Her Death Seven Year Old Girl Driven Insane
In Branchville Indiana on March 25, seven year old May Corbin died after a servant's remark about stuffing babies followed by a nightmare. The girl woke screaming with the line This is the way they stuff babies to take them in New York echoed as a hallucination and led to hysteria and eventual death despite treatment.
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Ind
Little May Corbin
New York
May
Delagoa Bay Arbitration Judgment Postponed
Berne March 25 The Delagoa bay arbitration judgment, delayed from tomorrow, is postponed due to signing difficulties over distributing the indemnity among claimants. Indemnity amount is fixed and division left to the parties, with a swift final decision expected.
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Berne
Switzerland
Delagoa Bay
Court of Arbitration
Vermont Bank in Trouble Sees Cashier Asked to Explain
Rutland Vermont March 5 the Merchants National Bank will close tomorrow for a directors committee to examine its books. The cashier Charles W Massey will be asked to explain discrepancies in accounts as experts work tonight to review assets.
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Merchants’ National Bank
Charles W. Massey
Judge Sorrells Dies in Pine Bluff After Mexican War Service
Theodore F. Sorrells a veteran of the Mexican war died at his Pine Bluff home aged seventy nine. He served in Jack Hays's First Texas mounted regiment and fought at Monterey. A Tennessee native he moved to Arkansas in 1870s and shaped state history as legislator and circuit judge.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Theodore F. Sorrells
Jack Hays
Texas Mounted Regiment
Monterey
Tennessee
Aged Couple in Cheyenne Fire Tragedy Sparks Arrest
In Cheyenne Wyoming on March 25 Mr and Mrs Paul Flemrey quarreled. Officers found Mrs Flemrey with clothing in flames and her husband over her with a lit candle. The woman was badly burned and not expected to survive. Flemrey was arrested.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Paul Flemrey
Flemrey
Louisville seeks Confederate reunion fund total near $40,000
Louisville on March 25 reports subscriptions to the Confederate reunion fund total 33,057.50 dollars, within 6,942.50 of the 40,000 dollar goal. The city contributed 20,000 dollars while the rest came from private subscriptions as the drive nears completion.
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Cotton mill charters granted in Texas and South
Texas notes show new cotton mills planned at Corsicana and Cuero with machinery contracts valued near 59 000 and 30 000 dollars. Pitts and Rice projects seek 100 000 and 60 000 capital respectively. A Texas flour mill contract covers 700 000 pounds monthly for export to London. The Tradesman lists multiple southern industrial ventures including cotton mills and electric plants in several states.
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London
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Rabbi Wise Stricken by Paralysis in Cincinnati
Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, eighty one, a leading American Jewish figure, lay ill at his Cincinnati home after a stroke of paralysis. Family and grandchildren abroad rushed by wire to his bedside as he alternated between sinking and rallying after a morning hearing at the Hebrew Union College.
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Isaac M. Wise
United States
Hebrew Union College
Naval Observatory prepares for May eclipse observations
The United States Naval Observatory reports extensive preparations for photographing and observing the total solar eclipse on May 28. Astronomical Director S. J. Brown says favorable weather will aid observations. Two government stations will observe from South Carolina and Georgia, with a possible branch at Union Springs Alabama. An eastern scientist party will join the observatory corps, traveling to Georgia and South Carolina.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Union Springs
Alabama
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Mississippi Mob Gathers After Train Worker Slaying
Jackson dispatch reports freight brakeman John Perkins shot and killed near Brookhaven by tramp Moses Angeline who was stealing a wide. Angeline is in custody. A mob is feared to lynch the prisoner before morning. Sheriff Applewhite asked Governor Longino to mobilize the militia if needed.
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Young Man Fights Preacher Over Cemetery Lot Dispute
In Greers Greenville county March 2 Rev J E B McManaway was attacked at his home by Lewis Cannon a well known young man over a cemetery lot that protruded into Mr David Cannon's land. The minister fought back but was bruised and discolored in the face. The incident stems from a tacit agreement between Dr H V Westmoreland and Mr Cannon about the deviation in exchange for church favors. Cannon confronted the preacher after alleged remarks about Mr David Cannon which the preacher denied.
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3. C
Greers
Greenville County
J. EB. McManaway
Lewis Cannon
David Cannon
H. V. Westmoreland
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McManaway
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Prospects Brighten in Indiana and Texas Race News
Reports from Indiana show Democratic momentum aided by opposition to Porto Rico tariffs and labor discontent. Indiana Democrats claim strong organization and rising candidate interest for governor and Congress amid Republican splits. In Texas, Bailey and Chilton contest for the Senate grows as campaign lines on Philippine policy and state issues emerge.
Democrats Favor Merchant Marine Subsidy Amendments
Washington March 2 Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts a leading Democrat on the merchant marine committee spoke on the shipping subsidy bill The Democratic minority favors proper legislation to strengthen the nations merchant marine and critiques the Republican majority measure as deficient and restrictive They advocate two amendments defeated by ship owners and Hanna and discuss foreign vessel purchases and the flag policy in detail.
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Embezzlers Convicted In Bank Fraud Case
In Montreal on March 5 James Baxter broker and Ferdinand Lemiens accountant of Banque Ville Marie were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the bank. The jury urged mercy for Baxter due to age. They collected about $50,000 with $10 bills mixed with $1s, Lemieux and Herbert taking one third as commission. Herbert testified for the prosecution. Baxter had a history of fraudulent note shaving and came from Chicago in the 1870s.
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Ferdinand Lemiens
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Lemieux
Herbert
Chicago
Missouri University Debate Class Fight Disrupts Auditorium
Students at Missouri University fought fiercely over the upcoming debate with Nebraska University. In the auditorium clash between academic and law students, lights failed, doors were broken, and furniture smashed. Six students had clothing torn, but no serious injuries reported.
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Maren 2
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Missouri University
Nebraska University
Military Tournament Troops Arrive in New York
Troops for the military tournament arrive in New York and are quartered at Madison Square Garden. The contingent includes Troop B of the Third Cavalry from Fort Meyer Washington and Light Battery MM of the government forces.
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Madison Square Garden
Third Cavalry
Meyer,Wash
Kitchener Proves a Poor Fighter Reviews Planned
Detachments number about 180 men and 19 horses. Secretary of War Root has intimated his willingness to review the troops on Wednesday night. The reviews on Friday and Saturday night will be by General Nelson A. Miles and General Wesley Merritt, respectively.
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Nelson A. Miles
Wesley Merritt
British In Africa Losses Mar 25 16 418 Amid Reports of Cronje Capture
March 25 reports show total British losses exclusive of the invaders at 16 418 in killed wounded and missing. Cronje captured rumors spark analysis of Lord Roberts strategy and Kitchener’s role at Paardeberg where an attack on entrenched Boers caused heavy casualties. Reluctant progress at Mafeking relief and movements of Walker and Prince Alexander amid Ladysmith rumors of Van Reenen’s pass bristling with guns.
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London
Cronje
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Magersfontein
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Elks Lodge Agitated Over Member's Death in Chattanooga
Chattanooga Tenn March 25 Special The Elks lodge here is unsettled by the death of Neikirk a local engineer at the brewery who died from pneumonia after two lodge members failed to administer medicine left by a physician The doctor was discharged by telephone by parties claiming to act for the Elks An investigation will be ordered amid rumors the attendants drank and neglected their duties Neikirk's body was sent to Cincinnati tonight
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Florida May Be Sufferer From Quarantine Split
Washington reports marine hospital officials see no serious trouble from Florida board of health plan to run its own vessel inspection and disinfection for yellow fever. If Florida imposes extra delays, Florida would suffer shipment delays and commerce embarrassment.
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Florida State Board of Health
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Korean Minister Leaves for Paris Transfer in Representation
Washington March 23 Mr Chin Pom Ye envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Korea to the United States sails from New York next Saturday for Paris to begin new duties abroad. He has been transferred to Paris Vienna and St Petersburg to represent Korea. He will call on the president to present Tam Ye secretary of the delegation as charge d affaires during the interim. Ye has served since October 1696 and helped Korea’s universal postal congress treaty making Korean stamps recognized world wide since last January. The minister expresses regret at leaving a country he grew to fear and love almost as his homeland.
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Immigration Increase Report From New York Stats
Albany March 23 State Superintendent of Labor Statistics John McMakin reports immigration returns for the quarter ended December 31 show an increase of 17 914 arrivals at New York over the preceding quarter and 23 012 more than in the last three months of 1898. Northern Italians lead with 18 49 ne, Hebrews 10 %, Poles 6 401 Slovaks 6 226 Germans 6 118 Scandinavians 4 134 northern Italians 4 14 Irish 2 745.
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Battleship Iowa Arrives At Monterey For Weeklong Visit
The United States battleship Iowa, under Rear Admiral Kautz, arrived on the Pacific coast town of Monterey today from San Diego. She will stay about one week as part of a northern voyage. In Philadelphia the Berwind White Coal Mining Company informed its miners of an advance in general average, or a percentage, today.
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Kautz
San Diego
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Burghers Take the Oath in Philippolis
General Clements entered Philippolis at noon today and addressed the burghers, reading Lord Roberts's proclamation in Dutch and English. He declared the Bloemfontein government would not be restored and urged all inhabitants to obey military orders while surrendering arms. The landdrost and sheriffs were reappointed under the queen.
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Norval
Pont
Clements
Lord Roberts
Free State
Bloemfontein
Shelling Mafeking Again As Boers Violate Sabbath
London reports from Mafeking dated March 12 describe heavy shelling and continued skirmishing in trenches and note native food shortages. Boers break Sabbath by firing and extend their trenches, worsening conditions as casualties mount. A Kimberley dispatch dated March 25 reports British cavalry entering the Transvaal to eighteen miles north of Christiana and Fourteen Streams forces being strengthened amid a northward movement expected.
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Daily Mall
Mafeking
Transvaal
Daily Telegraph
Kimberley
Christiana
British Police Fight in Bloemfontein Marsh 24
A fragment reports violence near Bloemfontein with British forces clashing yesterday. Mentioned are Lieut Lieuton Ligon of the Grenadier and Lieut Codringt of the Cold, casualties unclear in the damaged clipping.
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