Youth of 19 runs amok at Alexander hotel in Atlanta
John McJunkins of Toccoa Ga a 19 year old in a reported sick spell created a violent scene at the Alexander hotel in Marietta street Atlanta He kicked his father down the stairs struck him and was overpowered by Patrolmen Doyal Tibbs and others He was taken to police barracks and placed in a bare cell awaiting disposition His father and brothers accompanied him and doctors hope treatment will restore his reason
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Hiness
Alexander Hotel
John McJunkins
Toccoa
Marietta Street
McJunkins
Tocena
MeJunkins
Tocton
Atlanta
Mam
MccJunkins
Forcog
Belding
Doyal
Tibbs
For the Shipping Trust
The International steamship syndicate managers called on members for a 25 percent assessment of the subscription payable next week. The underwriting pool totals 50 million dollars, with 60 percent subscribed domestically and 40 percent abroad.
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Shipping Trust
New York
International Steamship Syndicate
Trains Crash Near Clyde Kills Two, Injures Thirteen
New York Central fast mail train bound west collided with a fast freight west of Clyde New York at 5 p m killing the mail train engineer John Grant of Syracuse and fireman William Knoxson of Syracuse and seriously wounding thirteen mail clerks from Cleveland Elyria Brockton Buffalo Rochester Norwalk Cory Pa and other places. Train master F W Everett said the accident likely resulted from a misunderstanding between the freight crew and the tower man.
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Clyde
N. Y
New York Central
John Grant
Syracuse
William SK Noxson
J. W. Shepard
R. Force
E R. Mills
E. E. Gibson
Cleveland
R C. Baird
John M Mert
T. W. Cummer
Elyria
J. H. Putnam
Brockton
George Smert
George Growney
Buffalo
G E. Wright
Rochester
Arthur Underhill
Norwalk
Ohio
John Pitta
Cory
F. W. Everett
St Louis Men Gain Control of Arkansas Compress Firms
St Louis Cotton Compress Company takes control of Union Compress Company of Little Rock and the Hope Ark firm in a consolidation that creates the largest compressing interests in the middle south. St Louis becomes the headquarters. exact values not disclosed but described as very large.
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Arkansas
St. Louis
St. Louie Cotton Compress Company
Union Compress Company
Little Rock
Ark
Compress Company
Hope Ark
Middle South
Sons of the Revolution elect officers at Washington session
Edwin Warfield of Maryland was chosen general president at the national Sons of the American Revolution meeting in Washington. Other officers named include Charles W. Haskins secretary general, Mathan Warren treasurer, A Howard Clarke registrar, George W Bates historian, and Rev Rufus W Clark chaplain. Resolutions urged educating emigrants in U S government and advancing a memorial bridge to Arlington Cemetery.
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National Cemetery
Arlington
Representative Sulzer Proposes Department of Commerce Bill
In Washington on May 2 Representative Sulzer of New York introduced a bill creating a department of commerce. The measure would establish a bureau of corporations and require all interstate corporations to file detailed reports on capital debts earnings and stock to ensure strict accounting by trusts and industrial combinations.
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Department of Commerce
Washington
Sulzer
New York
Bureau of Corporations
Cotton Mills To Close In Holyoke After Wage Clash
Holyoke Mass May 2 The Lyman cotton mills employing 1400 workers will close tomorrow for an indefinite period. Male spinners recently demanded a 10 percent wage rise, a likely reason for the shutdown.
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Holyoke
Mass
Lyman
Land Leasing Policy Challenged in Senate
Senator Gibson of Montana today presented in the Senate a letter from Commissioner Hermann of the General Land Office opposing a bill pending in the Senate that would lease public lands.
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Washington
Gibson
Montana
Senate
Hermann
General Land Office
Senate confirms postmasters in Indian Territory and Oklahoma
Washington May 2 Confirmations by the senate include J P Yates Jr for Comanche and R H Jenness for Okmulgee Indian Territory The Cairo Ills report states the body found yesterday among Pittsburg disaster victims is identified as Fanny Blackwell of Boyle Miss
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Senate
Washington
Indian Territory
J. P. Yates, Jr
Comanche
R. H. Jenness
Okmulgee
Cairo
Ills
Pittsburg
Fanny Blackwell
Boyle, Mies
Washington Society Quietly Prepares for Summer Retirements
Washington society awaits a quiet summer as leading figures plan retirements from the social season. Mrs Roosevelt and children will spend summer at Oyster Bay, returning in late September for the next official Beacon. Rumors center on Mrs Depew leaving Washington, while General Corbin and his wife ponder summer plans. Baroness Moncheur may join in hosting duties next winter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bays
Depew
Coital
General Corbin
Baroness Moncheur
Roosevelt to Speak in Congressional Campaign Trips
Washington May 2 A rumor says President Roosevelt plans several speeches during the forthcoming congressional campaign. The plan aims to benefit candidates and bolster the president’s standing in key areas, with a possible stop in Atlanta during a southern tour in the early fall as the campaign heats up.
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Washington
Roosevelt
South
Atlanta
Survival of the Fittest in Railroads, Hill Says
Chicago May 2 James J Hill declares the survival of the fittest governs railroads opposing federal rate control. He brands injunctions as futile and condemns pooling as infamous. He argues only a true community of interest exists between shippers and railroads, not among competing groups.
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Lew
Hill
Chicago
James J. Hui
United States Circuit Court
Indians Called to Meet at Tishomingo May 9 Convention
Representative Choctaw and Chickasaw leaders led by Richard MicLish Finis Fox and Louie Seeley called a convention at Tishomingo on May 9 to discuss the new supplementary agreement. They say the treaty departs from the Atoka accord and could revolutionize tribal affairs, aiming to seek its rejection by the Chickasaw and Choctaw legislatures.
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Ardmore
J. Ty
Richard MicLish
Finis Fox
Louie Seeley
Rave 43
Tishomingo
Trial of Deserter Arthur Howard Ends in Conviction Belief of Pardoning
Manila May 2 The court martial of Arthur Howard alias Walter a United States army deserter captured in August by Lieut Harvard of the Third cavalry ended today Destruction of his trial on the desertion charge was delayed as he served as a civilian Scout under General J Franklin Bell in Batangas province It is believed if convicted he will be pardoned for his service to the government but may be re arrested by civil authorities on murder charges
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Manila
Arthur Howard
Walter
United States Army
Harvard
Third Cavalry
Howard
J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Amalgamated Association Closes in Wheeling West Virginia
The Amalgamated convention closed after electing vice presidents and choosing Columbus as the next meeting site. Named among the vice presidents were William Jenkins of Gate City Alabama and J W Sheridan of Cleveland as delegates to the Amalgamated conference with President Shaffer and Secretary Williams also listed among officials.
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Amalgamated Association
Wheling
W. Va
Amalgamated
Columbus
William Jenkins
Gate City
Ala
Shaffer
Williams
J. W. Sheridan
Cleveland
Amalgamated Conferenc
Amos J Cummings Dies in Baltimore at 66
Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New York died at Christ Church home in Baltimore at 10 50 p m cause pneumonia after an operation He had come to Baltimore for kidney treatment and a later pleurisy and bilateral pneumonia followed His career spanned roles as printer journalist and reformer with leadership in the New York Press Club and Congress Summary includes birth in Conkling New York and notable positions with The New York Tribune Sun Express and Evening Sun.
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Baltimore
Amos J. Cummings
New_York
Christ Church
Charles H. Cummings
Congressman Cummings
Hugh H. Young
Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Conking
Broome County
Moses Cummings
Christian Herald and Messenger
Ames
New York City
Mobile
Commodore
New York Tribune
New York Sun
New York Express
Jann Kelly
Kelly
Tilden
New York Press Club
Wall Street
Evening Sun
Congress
S. Cox
Washington
New York Typographea
Morgan to Buy White Star Line Complete Takeover
London May 3 Daily Express asserts J Pierpont Morgan has purchased the White Star line in full, including goodwill, real estate and all vessels in New Zealand, Australian and Atlantis services. It is believed all White Star ships will shift to the American flag at the earliest moment.
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White Star Line
London
The
Daily Express
J. Pierpont Morgan
New Zealand
White Star Company
Atlantis
White Star
Americans in Trouble at Naples Pilgrims clash with cab drivers
Rome dispatch reports about 200 American pilgrims in Naples engaging in a conflict with cab drivers over fares. Weapons were drawn and police intervention kept the mob from attacking the pilgrims.
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Naples
London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
Qrop in Industrial Shares Continues and Has Disturbed List
Industrial shares activity continues to disturb the market with ongoing fluctuations. Market observers report broad effects across sectors as investors reassess valuations and liquidity remains a key concern for traders and funds.
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Qrop
Webb stock crash linked to International Power turmoil
A. A. Perkins reports Wall Street panic centered on Dr. Seward Webb after a market plunge tied to the International Power crisis. Banks recalled loans, Offenbach & Moore faced liquidity strains, and experts warned of ongoing instability in Webb associated stocks and Rutland Railway.
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A. A. Perkens
New York
Well Street
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
W. Seward Webb
William H. Vanderbilt
Exchange
Gunielike
Webb
Tt Id
Dr. Webb
Seward Webb
Rutland Railway
St. Lawrence
Adirondack
Prac
Hackensack Meadows
Dominion Securities
North American
Stay Put Flag Pledge At Roosevelt Event In Washington
President Roosevelt addressed nearly four hundred people at the Willard hotel to close the Sons of the American Revolution annual congress. He praised the army and navy and pledged the flag would remain in all our possessions, urging punishment for wrongdoers while affirming resolve in dangerous campaigns in the eastern tropics.
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Washington
New Willard Hotel
Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Tropics
He Put Hayes In White House And Other Chicago Notes
Adrian Britt, editor of The Jacksonville Union in 1876, died in Chicago and will be buried in Potter's Field if not claimed. A former convict turned levee character, Britt once swayed Florida politics helping Hayes win the presidency. Also noted: Falconio to succeed Martinelli as papal delegate. Rutland and St. Lawrence Adirondack stock moves. false rumor of James R. Keene’s death sparked Wall Street chatter.
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Chicago
Potter's Field
Adrian Britt
Jacksonsville
Cfla Union
Britt
New York
Louisiana
Adrian
New Orleans
Florida
Jacksonville
Heyes-Tilden
Hayes
Washington
Government
Secret Service
Falconio
Martinelli
Rome
Mer
Canada
Cardinal Martinelli
United States
St. Lawrence and Adirondack
Rutland
James R. Keene
Wall Street
Keene
Pritchard Defends Philippine Bill Amid Expansion Debate
Senator Pritchard of North Carolina argued the Philippines bill covers only civil administration and critiqued charges of army cruelties as irrelevant. He cited the sand cure practice in North Carolina, urged investigation of abuses, and claimed Southern business would mainly benefit from imperial expansion while The Charlotte Observer opposed Bryan for free silver.
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Washington
Senate
Pritchard
North Carolina
North Caroline
Philippines
Simmons
South
Charlotte Observer
William J. Bryan
Epublican
Philippine Islands
News Forecast and Local Incidents Report
Fall weekend forecast with light to fresh southerly winds and varying temperatures. Local officials discuss the Georgia Railway and Electric Company returns, while police reform proposals seek to abolish the police commissioners board. An array of incidents: a Toccoa man attacked during a fit of insanity, a Macon murder and hotel fight, Bedell assassination near Columbus, a Goemulges drowning body found, and Elbert county voters called for a primary date. Admiral Schley entertained in Meridian, NC deaths in Moncure, VA squadron inspection off Virginia capes, and a $1 million settlement for J. D. Hough Jr. family after a long dispute. Domestic and foreign news cover political attacks, a Wall Street stock drop, a fatal fast mail collision, Roosevelt campaigning in Atlanta, and Santo Domingo rebels nearing control amid Russian riots accusations. Mario Botha captured by British forces in the Boer theater.
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Wright
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Board of Police Commissioners
John Medunkins
Toccoa
Grant Park
Arthur Price
Rowland
Macon
Hotel Lanier
Bedell
Columbus
Elbert County
Elberton
J. D. Hough, Jr
Pritchard
North Carolina
Smith
Simmons
Amos Cummings
New York
Baltimore
Wall Street
W. Seward Webb
Vanderblit
Low
New York Central
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Santo Domingo
Jiminez
Russia
Mario Botha
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Elder McJunkins
John MedJunkins
Sons OF the Revolution
AOS Cummings
Baltimore Hospital
Sungressman Cummings
Storm
Qver DR
Vanderbilt
House of Offenbach & Moore
Offenbach & Moore
J. M. Leopold
Rudolph’ Keppler
Arthur L. Meyer
Webb Companies
Hackensack, Meadows
Meyer
Rutland Railroad Company
White House
Georgia
Schley
Meridian
Miss
Moncure
N. C
George A. Thompson
North Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Naval Board
Familly
James M. Colbert
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