Mis STER WU COMING TODAY IN MILLEDGEVILLE GA
Milledgeville Georgia May 2 Special Tom Watson enthralled the audience with a stirring lecture on The South at the opera house praising Southern history and independence. The event drew intense enthusiasm and was hailed as a landmark in Georgia public oratory. Minister Wu arrives tomorrow with a packed military college to welcome him and thousands expected.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Tom Watson
Watson
Republic
Georgia
Military College
Battahom
Organization of a Typographical Union in Tuscaloosa
May 27 Tuscaloosa Ala special meeting organized a typographical union with H Leath of the American Federation of Labor guiding efforts. Temporary officers named Montgom ery I Button president J Westherford vice president William F Cotter secretary treasurer F F Kennedy sergeant at arms R E Herron doorkeeper.
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fPuscaloosa
Ala
Geome
H. Leath
American Federation of Labor
Birmingham
Mr. Leath
Montgomery I. Button
JT. Westherford
William F Cotter
Laflah Alverson
College Hall
Annie Searcy
Hospital Lawn
City of
Mexico
Frink G Mclair
Walter Gully
William G Cochrane
John van Lear
J. Henry
Trust Company to Return 600 Shares of L and N Stock
New York legal ruling requires New York Life Insurance and Trust Company to restore 600 Louisville and Nashville shares it sold before the Spanish American War in 1898 or pay the estate the current market value. The sale, under Charles Saxton of Rye's will, would yield about $140 per share, creating an approximate loss of $60,000 to the estate. Saxton’s will directed the stock be held until the death of several living heirs.
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Louisville and Nashville
New York
Sickman
White Plains
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company
Wall Street
Charles Saxton
Rye
Saxton
Sevoval
Convict Nugent Seen as Easy Parole Bid Sparked by Brother Statement
Lexington May 27 Special The parole request for Richard T Nugent to leave the state prison after a 21 year murder sentence draws a sensational claim from the murdered man’s brother He says Nugent has avoided prison discipline trained race horses for a state official and is highly dangerous when intoxicated He allegedly shot at friends robbed a dry goods store and fed a man before being sent to the penitentiary in April The bid has political backing and will go to Governor Beckham for consideration.
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Lexington
Richard T. Nugent
Nugent
L. & G. Straus
William McHoney
Beekham
President McHarg Gifts to Railway Employees
Traveling Auditor H W Oliver distributed a promised one month salary gift to all employees of the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern railway in Knoxville. The total gifts to staff reached 963,000 with gifts to officials bringing the overall total to 95,000 after McHarg sold the road to Louisville and Nashville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
H. W. Oliver
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
H . McHarg
Truste es Of Brotherhood Elected To Serve For Two Years
Norfolk May 27 the insurance department of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers elected trustees for two years M R Shay Peter Kilduff Fred A Bur sess W H Plummer and M W Cadel W C Gardner elected vice president succeeding I Zeigenfue Grand Chief P M Arthur expected to be reelected girls auxiliary fourth vice president Mrs J H Peek Albany N Y Ireland
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Norfolk
Insurance Department
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
M. R. Shay
Youngstown
Ohio
Peter Kilduff
Blue Island
Irs
Fred A. Bursess
Louisville
W. H. Plummer
Hornersville
M W. Cadel
Sedalia
W. C. Gardner
Topeka
Houston
Charleston
Portland
Oreg
Cleveland
New Haven
J. H. Peek
Albany
N. Y
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lumber Plant for Alabama Proposed by Capitalists
In Cincinnati on May 27 a group of lumbermen and investors including ex Governor E H Jackson and others from Davenport Little Rock and Washington discussed establishing a large lumber plant on 144000 acres of pine land in southern Alabama. They aim to acquire machinery and cut about 50000000 feet of yellow pine each year.
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Cincinnati
E. H. Jackson
Washington, D. C
Crozett
J. W. Natzek
Davenport
Iowa
C. W. Gates
B. W. Bartlett
Little Rock
Ark
Alabama
Jackson
Child Fatally Shot In Cedartown Accident
In Cedartown Georgia on May 27 a 1 year old named Tom, son of IE Good, died from injuries after an old pistol discharged while he and his brother Sam played with it. The accidental shooting occurred hours earlier and left the family in deep grief.
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Cedartown
Tom
Good
Sam
Despondent wife ends life in Mobile after husband desertion
May 27 Mobile. Despondent over her husband C L Fulton’s desertion Mrs. C L Fulton shot herself with a revolver. She was the wife of Dr C L Fulton a former practicing physician and surgeon at Choctaw Bluff. The self inflicted death occurred this morning.
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Mobile
Ala
C L. Futton
C. L. Fulton
Choctaw Bluff
Salem Alumnae Feast Draws Notables for Centennial
Salem Female Academy centennial events in Winston-Salem feature Governor Aycock Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson and other distinguished guests. A banquet, concert and lectures highlighted the day with special visits to tobacco factories and Moravian church services. Governor Aycock and Hobson expected tomorrow with Roosevelt sending regrets.
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Governor Aycock
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Salem Female Academy
Old Salem
Womston
Georgia
Academy Chapel
Patterson
McLean
Daughters of the American Revolution
Johnson
Little Mothers’ Club
Pearce
Tribune’s Woman's Club
New York
Countess von Kienner
College
Old Town
Adalaide Fries
Kilton
Aycock
Salem Square
Henry
Odell
Roosevelt
Senator Clark
Twin City
Probing the Beef Combine in New York Hearings
Albany and Troy managers for western beef packing firms testified before referee Judson S. Landon about a credit system and arbitration for nonpaying retailers. Witnesses said a fund existed to enforce terms while Chicago set daily prices. hearings adjourned to June 4.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Troy
Judson S. Landon
John W. Houigan
Western
Charles LaFontaine
Hammond Company
Chicago
Miss Lula H Huff Dies In Columbus At 42
Miss Lula H Huff of Columbus Georgia died yesterday afternoon at her brother J B Huff's home on Seventeenth Street aged 42. The funeral was held this afternoon conducted by Dr D W Smith pastor of the First Baptist Sketch Wien where she was a consistent member.
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L. H. Huff
Columbus
Lula H. Huff
J. B. Huff
Seventeenth Street
D. W. Smith
First Baptist Sketch
Wien
Engine Explosion Fatal in Manchester Va Leaves Two Dead
Richmond dispatch reports a locomotive explosion on Atlantic Coast Line freight No. 91 near Manchester Virginia killing engineer Robert Gwathmey and train hand James Wingate. Four others injured include John Taylor and William Savage all from Manchester. coroner to determine responsibility.
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Richmond
Manchester
Rocky Mount
N.gc
Robert Gwathmey
James Wingate
John Taylor
Manhhester
John Moody
Stephen Vassar
William Savage
Engineer Gwathmey
Taylor
Savannah Boys Are Chosen For Yale Societies
May 27 New Haven Conn Berzilas and Book and Snake societies of Yale announce Egan from Savannah Georgia among Berzelus Lous H Egan and Stubbs Sidney G from Savannah Georgia elected tonight in Berzilas and Book and Snake societies list noting Savannah origin.
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Egan
Stubbs
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Berzillas
Berzelus
Lous H. Egan
Savannah
Sidney G. Stubbs
Beet sugar war and rail rate alliance with Sugar Trust
Western railroads led by Rock Island Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas join Mallory line to fix 93 cent rate per 100 pounds on New York beet sugar shipments via Galveston to Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and Lincoln Nebr. The Sugar Trust ships 260 carloads totaling 5 million pounds into Missouri river markets undermining Nebraska Colorado beet sugar growers profits. Illinois Central plans 33 cent rate via New Orleans to Missouri river points matching Galveston route.
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Trust
Chicago
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Nebraska
Colorado
Rock Island
Missouri
Cific
Texas
Mall Lory Steamship Line
New York
Galveston
Kansas City
St Joseph
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebr
Missouri River
Tinois Central Railroad
New Orleany
Brothers in deadly duel near Carry over money dispute
Carry Pa May 27 Two brothers Spencer and Laverne Page fought a revolver duel on a nearby farm after long money tensions. Laverne accused Spencer of unfair dealing, both fired, Spencer died from head wounds while Laverne was fatally wounded near the heart and is dying.
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Spencer
Laverna Page
Laverne
Imperial Fire Insurance Quits United States Business
Insurance notes report that Imperial Fire Insurance Company of England instructed Haas & Co to discontinue writing business and to surrender all supplies. Atlanta observers suspect a reinsurance deal or outright withdrawal from U S operations, with long interest in Imperial’s activities and a noted dispute involving Major J T Dargan. Special agent Robert N Hughs remains a key figure as the company’s fate draws international attention. The piece also notes a 60 percent dividend declared by Southern Mutual in Athens and a major warehouse fire in New York with heavy losses.
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Imperial
Haas & Co
Imperial Fire Insurance Company
England
New York
Atlanta
United States
J. T. Dargan
Robert N. Hughs
Southeastern
Imperia
Tbe
Boot
Athens
Southern Mutual Insurance Company
Ruined by Trusts He Ends His Life in Fountain
James M. Covington a tobacco trader from Danville widely known in North Carolina and Virginia committed suicide in Danville after his business was ruined by tobacco trusts He hid in a private park swallowed laudanum opened an artery and cut his jugular vein then lay in a fountain to drown as authorities found him dead letters left to his family reveal despair over the trusts and inability to exist in the market
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Richmond
James M. Covington
Danville
Tobacco Trust
North Carolina
Trust
Covington
Strikes and arrests ripple through arrive across states
Sparks from the wires report workers striking at Philadelphia 500 damask mills for higher wages, Ohio governor Nash honoring Texas warrants for forgery suspects, and a Cleveland arrest. Washington sees a seven week union carriage workers strike end with wage hour concessions beginning August 4 under old terms.
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Philadelphia
Nash
Ohio
Texas
D. W. Gerhart
W. G. Hess
John R. Joyce
D. C. Kemp
Gerhart
Cleveland
Washington
Grounded British destroyer Recruited near Lands End in fog
The torpedo boat destroyer Re cruit ran aground on a rock off Cape Cornwall four miles north of Lands End during fog. Denmark’s King Christian accepted a US proposal to extend the Danish West Indian treaty ratification deadline by one year after a long talk with Premier Dr. Denitzer. Belgian election results show 96 Catholics, 34 liberals, 34 socialists, two Christian democrats in the Chamber. government majority grows to 26. The Senate will have 62 conservatives, 41 liberals, six socialists, boosting conservative control by one.
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Recruit
Cape Cornwall
Lands End
King Christian
Denmark
Dr. Denitzer
United States
Belgian Chamber of Representatives
Statue to Count Pulaski Favored by House Committee
Washington May 27 The house committee on Victary directed a favorable report on the bill for a statue to General Count Cassimir Pulaski the Polish patriot in the revolutionary war to cost 450000 It is expected the committee will also favorably report the DIA for a statue to General Steuben and both statues will join Rochambeau and Lafayette in Lafayette square forming a center for statues of distinguished foreigners who aided America.
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House
Washington
Count Cassimir Pulaski
General Steuben
Rochambeau
Lafayette
Lafayette Square
America
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Trust Company
McHarg
Trustees OF Brotherhood
Uneeda
Salem
Mrs. Patterson
Roslre L W1guinss, JR
Emory College
Georgia State
Atlantic Coast Line
Savannah Boys
Insurance Notes
Twenth
Thirteenth Avenues
M- Covington
Danuble, Va
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Eighth Church
Allegheny
Committee
St. Louis
Comte de Rochambeau
Marquis de Lafayette
General Brugere
Admiral Fournier
Litchfield
United Mine Workers of America
Crabbe
Ilinois Central Railroad
Count Pulaski
Seishaae Caglentis
Ian
Ody
Ventara
California
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass
Michelob
Black & Tan
Anheuser-Standard
Export Pale
Exqui Faust
Isues
Potts-Thompson Liq. CO
Atlanta, Ga
Atlantic Beach, Fla
Jacksonville
Dininnr
Florida
Ocean Pier
Atlantic Beach
MM. Young
Mer
Bhamticqc
Bonach
Fla
Ghange
Augusta
the. E. Macill
Pullman
Indianapolis
Toledo
Pittsburg
Asheville
Meridian
Chattanooga
Bristol
Crescent
Great Southern R.A
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Union Depot
All Paints
J. C Cony
A.B. Fuseman
Fran
du. Murphy
Cincianati
W. C. Rinearson
Lbeeris
Peastigge
Bachine & SoiLewe Works
Cotton States Belting & Supply Co
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