Second Race Very Close in Alabama Attorney General Primary
Returns from Alabama Democratic primary show a very close race between Filson and Garber for attorney general with Friends of both camps claiming victory. Across counties including Mobile Montgomery and Decatur, early tallies indicate small turnout and uncertain results as of September 15 in Birmingham and other towns.
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Filson
Garber
Frimary
Friends of
Birmingham
Ala
Aittorney General
Wilson
Mobile
Montgomery
Alexander Garber
Talladega
Massey Wilson
Clarke
Montgomery County
Pothan
J B. Espy
Miller
Evergreen
Andrew Jay
James F. Jones
Qpelika
Anniston
Alhorn County
C. D. Martin
A. J. Tarvin
Ee Decatuty
Rafther
Sma Mvill
Decaturs
Girber
Woman leaps from moving train with baby in arms
Passengers report a woman with a baby leaping from a train near Jacksonville, Alabama. The woman was found unconscious on the platform, revived, and said she jumped after missing her stop. The baby was unharmed. the woman sustained bruises and planned to continue toward Jacksonville.
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Anniston
Ala
Jacksonville
Confederate Veterans Thank General Torrance for Mountain Creek Aid
The Camp Falkner United Confederate Veterans in Montgomery Alabama passes a resolution expressing heartfelt appreciation to General Torrance Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. It notes his generosity toward the Confederate home at Mountain Creek and his compassionate appeal to aid those in distress. The veterans greet him and all co‑workers with gratitude and fellowship.
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Montgomery
Confederate Veterans
General Torrence
Als
Camp Falkner
United Confederate Veterans
Torrance
Grand Army of the Republic
Mountain Creek
Tidy Sum for Mrs McKinley in 1902 Salary Warrant
A treasury warrant for 33509 dollars was sent to Mrs ide S McKinley widow of the late president for salary due July 1 1902 the appropriation having been made in the last session of Congress.
Crowning of Miss Taylor Queen of Elks Carnival
Elizabeth Cameron Taylor was crowned queen of the Elks carnival at Durham city armory with Charles A. Owens placing the crown. Her maids of honor included Josie Taylor Rawls Tomlinson Black Norton Brown, each with a partner. Training bearers were Little Miss Placid Kramer and Mary Louis Manning. The event, with a German and dances, lasted until 2 AM and drew broad social praise.
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Miss Taylor
Elks Carnival
Durham
Elizabeth Cameron Taylor
Josie Taylor
John R. Carr
Miss Rawls
Marvin Carr
Miss Tomlinson
Haskell
Miss Black
Sneed
Miss Norton
Powe
Miss Brown
Thompson
Placid Kramer
Mary Louis Manning
Charles A. Owen
Amd
Though cut through heart this boy will live
In Montgomery on September 15 a negro boy stabbed through the heart yesterday afternoon is expected to recover after a remarkable operation. Surgeons Dr. L L Hin and assistants opened the chest, sewed the wound, and removed blood from the heart sack. The patient, dying before the operation, began to recover immediately and is now stated to be on the mend. The assailant was a son of John Conners of the city.
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Montgomery
Ala
L L. Hin
Hill
Mitchell
John Conners
John Duckett Dislocates Shoulder After Sneeze
Raleigh dispatch reports John Duckett chief clerk to the state superintendent of public instruction suffered a severe shoulder dislocation while resting in Lumberton on his return from Wilmington. Surgeons worked seven hours to reduce the injury as he endured intense pain.
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Raleigh
N. C
John Duckett
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lumberton
Wilmington
Joseph H. McRee
Professor Duckett
Wilcox Could Have Escaped From Elizabeth City Jail
Jim Wilcox, jailed for Nellie Cropsey murder in Elizabeth City, stayed in his cell after a steel bar was replaced by a water pipe, a prisoner’s escape via the pipe opening not used by him. He demonstrated he could crawl through the gap, a fact used in appeals arguing for a new trial or a death warrant decision. The supreme court was expected to rule tomorrow on his case.
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Nellie Cropsey
Raleigh
N. C
Elizabeth City
Jim Wilcox
Wilcox
Supreme Court
Found Her Children Again After Seven Years
In Limestone County Alabama a widowed mother and her three children, separated seven years, were miraculously reunited after a Tennessee visit. A chance inquiry about a neighbor named Teepies led to the discovery that the children were alive with their grandparents, and the family is now together and content in Limestone.
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Athens
Aln
Tennessee
Alabama
Teepies
Limestone
Tennison Acquitted in Aberdeen Killing Trial
John F. Tennison was acquitted today in Aberdeen after a trial for the killing of Morris Crees last year. The Columbus, Mississippi dispatch notes the verdict and the case proceedings.
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Tennison
Columbus
Miss
Spe
John F. Tennison
Aberdeen
Morris Crees
New Faces Appear in South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina elects a largely new lower house with forty eight of the old members accounted for. In the senate nineteen old members held over. three defeated, nine reelected. Governor-elect Heyward thanks voters and announces private secretary J. J. Norment, longtime News and Courier representative, will join his staff.
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Elumbia
9. C
General Assembly of
South Carolina
General Assembly
Senate
Heyward
J. J. Norment
Darlington County
Norment
The
News and Courier
Cutting telephone lines in New Orleans strike
Striking telephone linemen clash with non union workers as three union men are arrested on assault charges and held on bonds of 100 dollars each. The company reports ten more prominent lines cut and over half the city’s telephones out of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Telephone Company
Democrats Open Campaign in Tennessee Governors Race
Democrats of Tennessee opened their campaign at Winchester with speeches by nominee James B. Frazier and Senator Carmack addressing trusts tariff and Philippines policy. In Minnesota Charlotte Cathey bound over for trial for felonious assault on J A Price after an incident at the Price home following disputes over language.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Winchester
James B Frazier
Senator Carmack
Frazier
Philippines
Carmack
Cathey
Charlotte
J. C. Cathey
J. A. Price
Price
Wagon Factory Planned for Thomasville by Charlotte Capital
Charlotte capital to fund a wagon factory in Thomasville with at least 100000 dollars capital. Captain W. B. Ryder, formerly division superintendent of the northern hero, drives the project and will oversee operations.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte Capital
Thomasville
W. B. Ryder
Nouthern
Life Sentences Rendered in Local Murder Trials
In Charlotte on September 15, Tom Rallinson and John Turner were tried for murder and given lifetime imprisonment. Mose Young, charged with the same offense, received a five year sentence.
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Charlotte
N. C
Tom Rallinson
John Turner
Mose Young
Curing Men for 19 Years by Atlanta Specialist
An Atlanta physician, Dr. R. Leatherman, advertises a personal system claiming cures for varicocele, sytric ture, hydrocele, nervous sexual debility, blood, poison, skin and rectal diseases. He asserts sole treatment rights and invites calls to a listed Austell address.
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Atlanta
Peace
Austell
Jan Hepi
R. Leatherman
M. D
Uncle Billy Hardcastle Still Active at 87 in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi special reports Uncle Billy Hardcastle 87 of Yalabusha County who roamed the globe for most of his life. Orphaned at seven in Sierra Leone he later witnessed Queen Victoria's coronation in London and sailed twenty years visiting ports worldwide. He fought with the Fifteenth Mississippi in the Civil War before serving in the Navy at Mobile Bay.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Billy" Hardcastle
Yalabusha County
Hardcastle
Sierra Leone
Africa
London
Queen Victoria
High Seas
California
San Francisco
Australia
Greenland
Barksdale
Navy
Mobile Bay
Parragut
Mississippi native Mrs Stewart dies in auto crash
A Mississippi native, Mrs. Stewart of California, was killed in an automobile accident. Her father, Henry Foote, once U S senator from Mississippi, and her brother W W Foote of San Francisco recall ties to Mississippi politics. Her influence helped secure Q C Lamar's Supreme Court confirmation.
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Stewart
Jackson
Mississippi
Senator Stewart
California
Henry §. Foote
United States
Jefferson Davis
W. W. Foote
San Francisco
Nash code adopted by Ohio House committee
The Nash code was adopted as a basis by the code committee of the Ohio House. A plan for single heads of municipal departments was approved, with city officers to include a mayor, a council member, a solicitor, an auditor for three years, and a treasurer to be chosen later. The senate Republicans confirmed support for the board’s city government plan.
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Ohio House
Columbus
Ohio
Tower House
Senate
Board
Mississippi towns push to build cotton factories factory boom eyed
Mississippians in Senatobla and Gloster launched plans to start cotton factories with capital stock around 160000 dollars. Rush has begun subscriptions at 2600 dollars and others discuss similar ventures. The plan is to grow from small starts, adding buildings and machinery as profits justify, impacting local cotton production and profits.
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Jackson
Miss
Phil A. Rush
Mississippi Treasury
Senatobla
Gloster
Amite
Raided a Large Distillery in Dark Corner County
Revenue officers raided a large distillery outfit in Greenville Dark Corner County on Sunday night. The plant included a 150 gallon steam boiler two wooden doubling stills fourteen fermenters and 1400 gallons of beer. Fire was seen under the furnace indicating operation the previous afternoon.
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Greenville
D. C
Lcft
Alleged Lyncher Acquitted in Virginia Trial
Leesburg Virginia September 15 Scott Bradley charged in the lynching of Charles Craven colored on July 31 was acquitted after a lengthy trial Bradley is the second of those to face acquittal in the case reflecting ongoing legal proceedings surrounding the incident and its aftermath
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Leesburg
Scott Bradley
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Convention Updates
In Chattanooga a two day rest precedes a regular session with many resolutions and motions. Proxy credentials are reviewed and favorably reported. A poverty case gains relief. $6000 approved for beneficiary claims. Ladies' society meets with leaders and W W S Carter speaks on the new department. Tomorrow features a biennial ladies’ election and an afternoon benefits review totaling $11730. Mayor Bryan of Peoria arrives tomorrow as guest. open session Wednesday hosts Col Breckinridge with other speakers. Much business remains and the convention continues into midweek.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Committee On Credentials
Ladies’ Society
Georgia M. Sargent
Julia Dubois
W.W. S. Carter
Fireman's Magazine
Ladies’ Department
Blanche M. Hale
Summerville
Mass
Brotherhood
W. F. Bryan
Peoria
Ills
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Wilson
Two Negroes Die in Fall After Quarrel in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama two men Robert Anderson and Jesse Lawson died after a quarrel over a woman. They fought and fell into a ditch breaking both their necks. Anderson’s back was broken and Lawson was found on top with a knife in his hand. In Paris Kentucky Mexican War Veterans plan their annual meeting for September 16 inviting survivors widows and children.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert Anderson
Jesse Lawson
Anderson
Lawson
Paris
National Association of Mexican War Veterans
J. ©. Craddock
W. McChesney
Lexington
Romantis Wedding at Opelike Opelika Alabama
G C Carroll and Miss Fannie Jones of LaGrange were married at 5 p.m. by Judge Renfro after arriving on the West Point train. It was a runaway match and they will return to LaGrange tonight for blessings. The convention business includes discussions on insurance and negro labor and a ladies society session with officer elections tomorrow led by Mrs. Georgia M Sargent.
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The
Ladies’ Society
Georgia M. Sargent
Frank P. Sargent
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