Fifteen Houses Go Up in Smoke in Columbus Alley
Fire swept through fifteen wooden houses in St James alley Columbus Ga owned by L F Garrard valued about 84000 insured 3230 near the Golden Foundry and Machine Co rear buildings burned a wooden graible structure loss about 400 The fire raged with intense heat forcing rescuers to shield faces with doors one woman escaped with clothing afire another risked her life to save a portrait of President McKinley a one dayold mother fled with her child three hundred feet of hose burned most residents were disreputable and furniture was burned on Seventh avenue
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Columbus
Fit&con
St. James Alley
L. F. Garrard
Golden Foundry and Machine Company
McKinley
Seventh Avenue
Zip Duncan Linked to Large Decatur Lumber Theft
Decatur, Ala May 20 Special Zip Duncan a Negro has stolen and sold a lumber yard of oak worth 15 to 20 dollars per thousand feet. The Boston Lumber Company property saved by Arantz Bros. Duncan sold about 210000 feet to New Decatur and Decatur men for sums totaling 190 dollars in various forms, including checks. Civil suits are filed against buyers. cases may proceed.
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Zip Duncan
Decatur
Ala
Special Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Boston Lumber Company
Arantz Bros
Weving
New Decatur
J. E. Penny
James Ditton
Limestone County
J. J Sykes
Duncan
Decatur’s New Hotel Planned In City Center
Decatur Alabama May 30 A stock company is formed to build a modern hotel costing 25000 dollars on Bank street at Vine near the business district. Incorporators include Colonel C C Harris John L Brock John W Knight and Herbert Cartwright along with other leading townsmen. A proposal has been made to rent the new hotel for 3000 dollars yearly.
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Decatur
Ala
Bank Street
Vine
C .C. Harris
John L. Brock
John W. Knight
Herbert Cartwright
Felt Earthquake Shocks Greenville Near Paris Mountain
A distinct earthquake tremor was felt in Greenville Minnesota on May 2 with a low rumbling that lasted several seconds. Citizens nearby Paris mountain reported no uneasiness, while officials suspect a link to the recent Mont Pelée eruption.
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Greenville
9. C
Paris Mountain
Mont Peles
Industrial and Development Association Elects Officers
Alexander City Alabama May 20 Special Monday evening May 26 the association met at headquarters and elected officers for term ending April 1908 President Benjamin Russell secretary A P Fuquay treasurer H A Thornton vice presidents J C Manning T W Harris M Herzfeld A L Harlan F C Hooton G A Sorrell EB P Duncan Board of directors J A Goggans J C Manning Benjamin Russell A J Coley F M Douglass J W Sandlin O J Thomas W M Welch T C Russell G F Park Ross Barton Jp L B Coley J R Watkins A B Sheffield Next meeting second Monday night in June urged to attend Old officers thanked.
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Alexander City Industrial and Development Association
Alexander City
Ala
Industrial and Development Association
Benjamin Russell
A. P. Fuquay
H. A. Thornton
J. C. Manning
T. W. Harris
M. Herzfeld
A. L. Harlan
F. C
A. B. Sheffield
Association
Guerry Addresses Candidacy Gathering in Thomasville Ga
Hon Dupont Guerry spoke to a crowded audience in Thomasville promoting his gubernatorial bid. He defended principles over campaigns and criticized Estill and Terrell while outlining his stance on party politics and platform integrity. A separate item notes the French steamship Paraguay delivering 1800 soldiers from Martinique to France after quarantine in New Orleans.
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Thomasville
Dupont Guerry
Estill
Terrell
Martinique
New Orleans
Paraguay
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Port Hads
France
Elected Its Officers in State Sunday School Convention
Chattanooga Tennessee May 30 special The state Sunday school convention decided to meet next year at Clarksville. Officers elected President W G Jacobs Nashville vice presidents A Mason Memphis G P Gwynn Lebanon P King Knoxville treasurer Daniel Clarksville Held Four Hours Session Richmond Virginia May 30 constitutional convention four hour session devoted to refining the new constitution progress on bill of rights completed suffrage clause about half finished session without incident
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Chattanooga
Tenn
U Clarksville
W. G. Jacobs
Nashville
A. Mason
Memphis
G. P. Gwynn
Lebanon
P. King
Knoxville
Daniel
Clarksville
Richmond
Mrs J E Garrison Dies in Columbia After Secret Marriage
Mrs J E Garrison nee Harvey of Columbia S C died yesterday at her home. She married secretly a year ago while in college at Columbia and her parents knew nothing until three months ago. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs A S Harvey of this city and the remains will be brought here for interment.
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J. B. Garrison
Columbia
Rome
J. E Garrison
Harvey
Fire devastates Fayette and Port Gibson area
A night fire swept Fayette Mississippi and affected Port Gibson area, destroying multiple structures. Loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars with extensive property damage reported across the town. Local authorities investigate the blaze and assess damage to damaged buildings and surrounding districts.
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Fayette
Miss
Port Gibson
Burial of Dr Palmer Vast Funeral Draws Thousands
New Orleans mourned Rev. Dr. B M Palmer with a city funeral that drew thousands of worshipers past entrances, as ministers spoke briefly per his wish. Streetcars halted for ten minutes at 10 o'clock, and commercial exchanges closed. The confederate president Jefferson Davis funeral scale noted as a comparison.
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New Orleans
B. M. Palmer
Jefferson Davis
R. Mallard
James H. Hall
Palmer
Nominations at Nashville Democrats Name Candidates for Judges
Nashville May 30 Democrats nominate five Supreme Court candidates and three for the Court of Appeals. For Supreme Court John K. Shield John S Wilkes W K McAllister W D Beard M M Nell. For Court of Appeals R M Barton S F Wilson John M Taylor. Fight over third chancery seat between Taylor and Mallory decided by ballot then unanimous. W L Welcker chaired. W B Henderson secretary. W C Valawell permanent chair. Leigh Thompson permanent secretary. Resolutions committee reported none. Convention harmonious. adjourned early.
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Tennessee Democrats
Nashville
Tenn
Democratic State Judiciary Convention
Dispatch
Supreme Court
Chancery Court of Appeals
John K. Shield
Hamblen
John 8. Wilkes
Giles
W. K. McAllister
Davidson
W. D. Beard
Shelby
M. M. Nell
Gibson
Court of Appeals
R. M. Barton
Hamilton
S. F. Wilson
Sumner
John M .Taylor
Henderson
John M. Taylor
E. 8. Mallory
Madison
Court of Chancery
W. L. Welcker
Knoxville
W. B. Henderson
Memphis
W. C. Valawell
Charges Against Wilson in Yazoo City Post Office Dispute
Captain J E Everett former Yazoo City postmaster travels to Washington to present a petition from Yazoo City residents supporting his conduct and opposing the inspector’s removal report. The letter details alleged influence by Edgar S Wilson patronage referee, including claims of urging appointing a deputy marshal and pressuring endorsements without residents’ knowledge.
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Yazoo City
Jackson
Miss
J. E Everett
J E. Bennett
Washington
Roosevelt
Post Office
Everett
Edgar 8. Wilson
Bennett
United
Opelikas New School House Plan Set at 20000
Opelika Alabama May 30 Special The Board of Education votes unanimously to build a new school house costing 20000 marking the start of a modern school system in Opelika The town has lacked prior facilities and this project signals educational expansion John W Gates a notable local resident dies today His remains go to Smiths Station for burial A seven week drought cripples gardens and crops In Guadalajara Mexico Charles Kratz the St Louis fugitive evades detectives and vanishes from the city with his family possibly in a carriage.
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Board of Education
Opelika
Ala
Kratz
Guadalajara
Mexico
Charles Kratz
St. Louis
Kerats
Delinquent and Destitute Children Conference Delegates Meet
Detroit May 30 delegates at the national conference of charities and corrections discussed the best ways to care for delinquent and destitute children. Michael Heymen of New Orleans spoke on kindergarten work and Judge Lindsey of Denver praised Denver juvenile court Jesuits and urged their adoption in other cities.
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Detroit
National Conference of Charities
Michael Heymen
New Orleans
Judge Lindsey
Denver
Troops at Andersonville Keep Order at Decoration Day
Graves of 14 000 federal soldiers were decorated by Fitzgerald post G AR with troops from Americus and Fort McPherson ensuring order. Only six arrests reported as white attendance rose while the city notes Towdyism fears and Macon sent no excursion trains. Macon spectator W H Schatsman decorated the Ohio monument with southland flowers.
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Andersonville
National Cemetery
Fitzgerald Post
Grand Army of the Republic
G. L. Williams
Americus Light Infantry
Devore
Fort McPherson
Macon
W. H. Schatsman
Schatsman
Nash
Ohio
Ohio Monument
Bishop Galloway to Lead Orient Mission Tour in 190?
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will sail from Vancouver on July 28 for a tour of mission fields in China Japan Korea and other Orient countries. He will preside over conferences in August September and October and later tour the world, returning to the United States around late March with his wife.
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Galloway
China
Japan
Korea
Jackson
Miss
Charles B. Galloway
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Vancouver
Orient
United States
Bishop Galloway
They Are After Greenwell
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers seeks the arrest of J B Greenwell once in Mexico on murder charges in Knoxville of J Stanfield. Stanfield's body was found robbed and mutilated on the plains. Greenwell is alleged to have disposed of Stanfield's watch grip and clothing. Engineer W R Hodge investigated. report to committee. a requisition will be sought.
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Comotive Engineers
Stanfield
Norfolk
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. B. Greenwell
Southern Railway
Mexico
J. Is Stanfield
Brotherhood
Southern
Knoxville
Greenwell
W. R. Hodge
BUILD THEM IN OUR OWN YARDS Resolution favors war vessel builds
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers adopted a resolution addressed to President Roosevelt and Congress urging the construction of war vessels in government navy yards. At the session in Norfolk, Los Angeles was picked as the next convention site. A. Stevens of Los Angeles became third assistant grand engineer, replacing A. M. Cousins, with George R. Doherty of Boston reelected grand chaplain.
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Norfolk
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. M Cousins
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Los Angeles
Cadi
Brotherhood
KB. A. Stevens
A. M. Cousins
George R. Doherty
Boston
Five Railroad Representatives Indicted for Interstate Pooling
Memphis Tenn May 30 Five representatives of railroads acknowledged service of the indictment and posted bonds of 2500 each for fall term appearance. They include J T Harahan LL Illinois Central Chicago T J Hudson traffic manager Illinois Central Chicago F B Bowes general freight agent Illinois Central Louisville Sky W W Finley vice president Southern Railway Washington and B L Winchell VP and GM St Louis and San Francisco St Louis The three railroads also posted bonds to answer.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. T. Harahan
T. J. Hudson
Illinois Central
Chicago
Negro Hanged at Portsmouth for Assault on White Woman
Mark Banks a Black man was hanged in Portsmouth at 11 10 this morning for an April 16 assault on Mrs George Kenneday a 64 year old white woman in Norfolk county The execution ended when the drop broke his neck according to local reports
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
Mark Banks
George Kenneday
Norfolk County
Fertilizer sales figures prompt acreage questions in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama May 29 Special To May 1 the total rates of tags for fertilizers by the agricultural department were 395 358. To the same date last year the sales amounted to 93 236. This is a decrease of only 3 122 which would seem not to confirm the estimate of an 8 per cent decrease in the cotton acreage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Agricultural Department
Memorial exercises at national cemetery in Marietta
Memorial programs in Marietta Georgia featured music and speeches led by L B Nelson, W H McGlauflin, C B Fairbanks, and D F DeWolff. Colonel S A Darnell read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and McKinley’s Georgia speech excerpt while Lucius P Hills delivered the day’s main address. Flowers were placed on both Union and Confederate graves amid prayers and benediction.
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Marietta
National Cemetery
Atlanta
North Georgia
C. F. Fairbanks
L. B. Nelson
W. H. McGlauffla
Universalist Church
Lucius P. Hills
McKinley
America
Darnell
William McKinley
Georgia
W. M. Scott
Scott
Hollywood Memorial Day in Richmond Observed
Memorial Day services and cemetery address mark Richmond observance led by Hon John Goode and Senator John W Daniel. Local troops and Confederate Veterans participate with a parade, while Phil Kearney post stages federal cemetery ceremonies with District Attorney Allen as orator. Observances also noted in Raleigh Wilmington New Bern Salisbury and at the wreck of the Maine with wreaths from President Palma and veterans groups.
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Confederavs
Richmond
Hollywood
Ladies' Memorial Association
John Goode
John W Daniel
Memorial Association
Lee Camp Home
Federal Cemetery
Phil Kearney
Grand Army of the Republic
Allen
Confederate Memorial Unveiled in Forest Hill Kansas City
The Decoration day exercises featured a shaft erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy to Confederate soldiers who died at the battle of West Point. It is the first Confederate monument in Kansas City, located at Forest Hill cemetery.
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Fansan City
Kansas City
Forest Hill Cemetery
Daughters of the Confederacy
West Point
Graduates at Booker Washington School in Tuskegee
Ninety four students graduated from Tuskegee Institute with fifty two earning diplomas in trades. The May 30 ceremony drew over 2,000 attendees including Dr Mason of Cincinnati and members from London and Rochdale school boards. Sixteen states represented the class.
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Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
M. €. B. Mason
Cincinnati
Ohio
The
Freedman’s Aid and Southern Education Society
Mr. Sadler
London
England
J. R. Heape
Rochdale
Road Sued for Breach of Contract in Nashville
The Sykes Banking Company and the Landis Banking Company filed a $90,000 breach of contract suit against the Tennessee Central railroad. In Montgomery, Alabama the Alabama Historical Society announces its annual meeting set for June 14, noting a change of venue to Montgomery since establishing the history department.
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Nashville, Tenn
Sykes Banking Company
Landis Banking Company
Tennessee Central Railroad
Alabama Historical Society
Montgomery
Ala
Creed Revision to be Discussed by Presbyterian Assembly in New York
The Presbyterian general assembly will meet in New York to debate creed revision after last year’s Philadelphia deliberations. The Fifth Avenue church hosts the assembly with Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson and will feature a large platform, visitor seating, and extensive facilities for committees and posting rooms. Presidents, pastors, and commissioners will attend, with social events planned at the Waldorf Astoria and tours of New York. The revision aims to amend and explain the confessional doctrine, seeking a popular statement while preserving core Calvinist integrity. The committee, including members from Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York, has prepared tentative statements on election and predestination. The assembly will read the revision proposal, discuss it, and send it to presbyteries for approval. a two-thirds vote there will finalize any changes to the confession.
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Alphonse
Gaston
Gordon Noel Hartel
Chicago
New York
Boston
Sunday Constitution
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Constitution
H. M. Atkinson
Wu Ting-fang
Volberg
Fred Lewis
South
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Calvary Church
Philadelphis
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
John Hall
George T. Purves
Philadelphia Assembly
Hall
J. Ross Stevenson
Ligonier
Washington and Jefferson College
McCormack Theological Seminary
Fifth Avenue
Board of Publication
Murray Hill
Earlington
Empire
Central Church
Fifty-Seventh Street
Broadway
Wilton Merio Smith
Carnegie Hall
Home and Foreign Mission Boards
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Roosevelt
John Wanamaker
India
Wil
Presbyterian Union
Waldorf-Astoria
Mayor Low
New York University
Princeton
Hudson River
Presbyteriana
Synod of Pennsylvania
Charles A. Dickey
Philadelphia
William R Crabbe
Pittsburg
John DeWitt
Princeton Seminary
Henry van Dyke
Princeton University
New Jersey
George B Stewart
Auburn Theological Seminary
Harrisburg
John Persons
Henry C. Minton
San Francisco
William H. Roberts
Washington
Fants
Ita
Board of Home Missions
Board of Foreign Missions
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Columbus, Ga
Negro
Greenville, D. C
Guerry
Presbyterian
Wilson
Opelika’s
Graves
Greenwello
Eastern Resorts
Fao Sabasyto
Ocean Steamship Company
Surerion Service
Savannah
Baroonah
New York. Fom Marzo, Restnvations
Marven
Bay
Wall Gt
Amaain
Brwwar
Sarannah
Raleleh
N. C
Wilmington
Newbern
Salisbury
H. L. Grant
Maine
Havana
U. S
Palma
Society of Veterans
Tuskegee, Ala
Victoria
Key West
Fla
Russell
Lilly White
Tennessee Reef
John Bancroft Devins
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Brazil
Ind
May W
Harry Kelly
O'Donnell
Sherif Klinger
Louderback
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Ballard County
Earl & Wilson
Manhattans
Whitehal L AW Bros. CO
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