Suit Against Standard Oil in Lee County Court
George B. Mitchell, prosecutor for Mississippi's First Judicial District, filed suit in Tupelo's Lee County Circuit Court against Standard Oil for 1,480,000 under the state anti trust law. The case alleges stock ownership in Waters-Pierce Oil and Union Tank Line, seeking a 5,000 daily penalty since the act took effect. A separate report describes a near-fatal accident at a Toomsuba rally when Alva Kemp, 20, was severely wounded by a soda bottle explosion causing deep throat injury and critical condition.
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Standard Oil
George B. Mitchell
First Judicial District of
Mississippi
Lee County
Tupelo
Standard Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Union Tank Line Company
Toomsuba
Alva Kemp
New Cotton Industry Firms Form Charters in Mississippi
A wave of new industries organized to develop cotton processing and storage has filed charter applications. Firms include The Farmers Gin Company Lexington with $10,000 capital, Union Warehouse Company Charleston with $25,000, Winston County Union Warehouse Louisville with $10,000, Batesville Gin Company Batesville with $12,500, The People s Cotton Oil and Fiber Company North Carrollton with $25,000, and The Draper Mason Cotton Company Holly Springs with $10,000. A Friar Point cooperage and lumber company in Coahoma County with $10,000 capital aims to manufacture and sell stages and handle timber lands.
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Farmers’ Gin Company
Lexington
County
Union Warehouse Company
Charleston
Tallahatchie County
Winston County Union Warehouse Company
Louisville
Batesville Gin Company
Batesville
Panola County
Capital
People’s Cotton Oil and Fiber Company
North Carrollton
Miss
Draper-Mason Cotton Company
Holly Springs
General Mercantile
Friar Point
Coahoma County
Coahomian
Perfect Organization Formed by Mississippi Cotton Mill Owners
Cotton mill owners in Meridian organized a state body with T. L. Wainwright of Stonewall as president Thad Lampton of Magnolia as vice president and H. J. Ledyard of Tupelo as secretary treasurer The group aimed to promote cotton mill interests but did not decide on concrete actions at the meeting Another gathering will be scheduled later
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Mississippi
Meridian
T. L. Wainwright
Stonewall
Thad Lampton
Magnolia
H. J. Ledyard
Tupelo
Court urged speedy hearing in Eddy case
Counsel for Mrs. Eddy pressed the master appointed by the court for a rapid hearing. No compromise was reached between the State and Federal authorities in North Carolina over the railway rate litigation. Negotiations are under way between Dominican representatives and Jacob Schiff regarding the floating of the $25,000,000 loan.
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North Carolina
Jacdb Schiff
Seashore Epworth League Assembly Opens at Biloxi
Leaguers Open Session at Seashore ends. Dr F L Parker, president, gives address at the tabernacle in Biloxi camp. The ten days gathering begins with a good attendance and many leaders returning, led by Rev G C Atkinson of Plaquemine as secretary.
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F. 8. Parker
Epworth League Assembly
Biloxi
GC. D. Atkinson
Plaquemine
Atkinson
Relief Fund Donation From Armour Packing Company
Jackson receives a $500 contribution from Armour Packing Company to aid the family of the late J. C. Watters, fire chief killed while defending the local Armour plant. The company voiced sympathy and praised Chief Waters bravery. Mayor Ramsey Wharton thanked the company on behalf of the community.
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Jackson
Armour Packing Company
J. C. Watters
Armour Company
Chief Waters
Ramsey Wharton
Episcopal diocese seeks college site with cash bonus
The Episcopal diocesan college committee eyeing a $100,000 campus has unofficially heard that J C Purnell of Winona will offer a $25,000 cash incentive to locate the college there. Other towns Jackson Meridian Vicksburg Hattiesburg and Canton compete, as eligibility, central location and rail access weigh in, with offers potentially beating the Purnell sum.
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Episcopal School
Episcopal Diocesan College Committee
J. C. Purnell
Winona
Jackson
Meridian
Vicksburg
Hattiesburg
Canton
Purnell
New Mineral Prompts Lake Stone and Manufacturing Co
A new industry group named Lake Stone and Manufacturing Company of Lake in Scott County is formed with capital of 600000 dollars for fifty years. Geological surveys show abundant stone and stone making material in the area, and practical leadership is ready to advance profitable exploitation.
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Lake Stone and Manufacturing Company
Lake
Scott County
Geological Survey
To Be Tried for Murder in Clinton Ill
Fred Magill and May Graham Magill travel under escort to Clinton Illinois to stand trial for the murder of Pet Magill Magill’s first wife. Sheriff Harry Campbell leads the custody while passengers note a honeymoon trip dynamic as they journey east.
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Fred Magill
Clinton
Ill
St. Louis
May Graham Magill
Gaudy Magill
Magill
Harry Campbell
Denver
Pet Magill
Express Clerk Missing In Parish Theft Case
Wells Fargo Express offices in Paris Texas report the theft of 5500 with clerk Albert Edward Richmond missing. A Santa Fe train delivered two money packages for City National Bank of Parish from Dallas and the messenger took Richmonds receipt when the uptown office was closed.
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Paris
Tex
Wells-Fargo Express
Albert Edward Richmond
Santa Fe
Dallas
Here
City National Bank of Parish
Uptown
Richmond
Warner will case ends in final argument over blood issue
The Warner will case before Judge W. G. Cochran neared its close as counsel argued over alleged tainted blood in the veins of defendant Mrs Isabella Robinson Warner. Attorneys contended the stepmother’s lineage included Negro blood, central to the dispute.
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Warner
Isabella Robinson Warner
Warnerr
W. G.*coch
Not Guilty Verdict Returned in Haywood Case
The jury in the Idaho vs. Wm. D. Haywood case returned a not guilty verdict after close to thirty three hours of deliberation. Judge Wood discharged Haywood as Governor Gooding observed the proceedings.
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Boise
Idaho
Wiliam D. Hayod
Western Federation of Mihers
Haywood
T. K. Gess
Memphis Fire Destroys Eleven Story Warehouse. One Dies
A major blaze in Memphis gutted an eleven story brick structure in Front near Union street housing the Memphis Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. Fireman Hiskay was killed after falling into a 20 foot cellar. Several other firefighters were injured. Property loss estimated at 500000 with multiple surrounding buildings damaged.
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Memphis Tonn
Union Street
Memphis Cold Storage and Warehouse Company
Hiskay
Oliver-Finnie Wholesale Grocery Company
Green Tree Lodging House
Cudahy Packing Company
Behr & Cole Grocery Company
Memphis Paper Company
John Moore
William Kelley
Curry
Belfast Dock Laborers Strike Break Offers Compromise
A compromise led to a partial break in the Belfast dock laborers strike. The move reduced tensions and allowed some workers to return to duties while negotiations continue on key demands. Local union leadership signaled cautious optimism about progress.
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Belfast
Jury to hear case of Lewis Glass in San Francisco
A jury was assigned to decide the case of Lewis Glass in San Francisco. Separately, officials announced plans to merge seven small railway lines along the Southeastern Atlantic coast into a single network.
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Lewis Glass
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast
Kidnapping of Sarabia Under DOJ Probe
Washington reports the Department of Justice inquiry into the kidnapping of Manuel Sarabia, a Mexican taken from Douglas Arizona and driven across the border in an automobile while awaiting extradition proceedings. The department has ordered vigorous prosecution.
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Washington
Department of Justice
State Department
Manuel Sarabia
Douglas, Ariz
Citizenship Law Sparks complaints across regions
Washington reports the new citizenship law requiring naturalized Americans living abroad to register at consulates unless they renounce citizenship has drawn strong protests. The State Department says the law aims to prevent German subjects from avoiding military service, and tests of constitutionality are being considered in Canada and elsewhere. Native born Americans are not required to register unless they choose to.
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Washington
Department of State
United States
State Department
Canada
Chicago
New Orleans
Col Ayres Retired From Army After Board Finding
Col Ayres retired from the army on the retired list effective immediately due to disability incurred in service. The retirement followed a medical board's finding of incapacity for active duty after an inquiry into statements attributed to him about justice administration amid a dispute involving Mrs Ayres at the Military Academy.
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Charles E. Ayres
Fourteenth Cavalry
Ayres
Department
Col
Canal Work Report Shows Isthmian Operations June Output
The Isthmian Canal Commission reports June excavation in the Culebra division at 624 586 cubic yards, down from May and well above June 1906. With 19 000 yards per shovel at peak and 16 000 yards per shovel in dry season, rainfall 13.5 inches is noted. Total June 29 workers: 23 327, excluding Panama Railroad. Deaths: 4 300 white American employees, 15 among 6 500 whites other than Americans, 72 among about 29 000 colored employees, total 91 in June, 21 from climatic diseases, none among white Americans.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Isthmus
Culebra
Department of Labor and Quarters
Panama
Legislature to reconvene amid troubles and em phasis in Raleigh
Confusing OCR note from Raleigh reports an extra legislative session seems likely after recent troubles. The State Board of Equslination is mentioned in Baton Rouge context, unclear.
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Raleigh
N. C
Tes State Board of Equslination Mat
Baton Rouge
Old Letters Found After Decades in Mexico Mail
The Post Office Department located claimants for many of thirty seven letters returned from Mexico after over thirty years. Some addressees and writers are dead, with deliveries going to surviving relatives. A Norwegian sailor, mailed 1875, saw the letter travel from Lavirk to Minatitlan then South America, back to Norway, then the United States and finally delivered in Stanley Wisconsin.
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Post Office Department
Mexico
Addresse
Baltimore
Connecticut
Algiers
Lavirk
Norway
Minatitlan
South America
United States
Stanley
Wis
Salaries in the Philippines become air in debate
Washington Gen Clarence R Edwards defends salaries in the Philippines against W J Bryan. He says no juggling occurred and explains pay scales. He notes initial American commissioners received 5000 yearly, later 10000 more as cabinet ministers and 15000 extra for the Civil Governor.
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Washington
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
W. J. Bryan
Philippines
Beveridge
Bryan
Philippine Commission
Gen. Edwards
Registration in Manila Shows Lower Election Registration
The Bureau of Insular Affairs relays that Manila totals for registration for the July 30 Philippines Assembly election fall short of 1905. Manila registered 7,902 with 865 Americans, while Pangasinan and Pampanga show higher provincial totals, and Rizal reports 178,145 registered.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
Governor General of the Philippines
Manila
Pangasinan
Rizal
Civil Service Exams Open Across Indiana Cities
On August 28 the Civil Service Commission will hold examinations in New Orleans Baton Rouge and Shreveport to obtain eligibles for vacancies as seamstress assistant matron and matron in the Indiana service.
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Civil Seviee Commission
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Indiana
Work of Art Destroyed in Major Boston Fire
A $500,000 blaze at the Pope Building in Boston ruins the equestrian statue by sculptor Kitson intended for the Iowa memorial at Vickburg. The central monument figure was destroyed after months of work, leaving the piece unreadable and its legacy uncertain.
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Boston
Mass
Pope
Eculptor
Heat Wave Breaks Records Across Cities Straining Residents
The scorching heat battered Atlanta New York St Louis and the East Side with the highest official reading near 89 at 4 pm and many streets parks and piers filled with people seeking relief. Horses collapsed in harness and several deaths occurred including a wealthy manufacturer E S Simon who left notes claiming the heat drove him to suicide.
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New York
E. S. Simon
Egg hatch in heat in Atlanta crates
Ninety eight degree heat in Atlanta caused twelve eggs shipped from Columbia Tennessee to hatch twelve chicks. The crates were exposed four hours at the depot before loading on the dray. The hatchlings are being cared for and expected to grow.
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Atlanta
Depot
Commission House
Columbia
Tenn
Ice shortage grips Monroe after extreme heat
Monroe, Louisiana faced a brutal heat day with temperatures near 105. The local artificial ice plant failed to meet demand, nearby towns cut deliveries, and ice wagons moved through empty streets as officials refused to raise prices. Ice from New Orleans would be sold at bare cost.
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Monroe
Ice Company
New Orleans
Heat Persists in Chattanooga With Temperatures Near 96
Chattanooga Tenn endures intense heat with official readings at 96 degrees by 3 pm and no prostrations reported. Storms nearby tonight ease the heat slightly as the mercury slowly declines.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Continued Warm in South Weather Report Update
Weather bureau records show a slight temperature drop in Virginia the Great Lakes region the Ohio Valley and New England while the South remains warm. The continued warmth persists across the southern states with minor regional cooling noted elsewhere.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Great Lake Regions
Ohio Valley
New England
Death at Fort Smith heats prostration claims
John B. Latham, brother of Thomas B. Latham United States district attorney for the central district of Indian Territory, died at his Fort Smith home from heat prostration.
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Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Ark
John B. Latham
Thomas B. Latham
United States
Central District of
Indian Territory
Two Die as Heat Wave Hits St. Louis
Record heat scorched St. Louis with a 96 degree reading for four hours on Saturday. The heat caused two deaths and forty prostrations as citizens sought shade and fluids amid the perilous conditions.
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St. Louis
Fifth Fine for Rioting in Roanoke Case
Roanoke resident Van George Phillips faced a police court trial for rioting tied to the mob action that smashed Greek restaurants two weeks earlier. He was fined $20 and noted as the fifth man convicted in the rioting case amid hints of Russian figures linked to a plot against the Czar.
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Roanoke
van George Phillips
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Relief Fund
Siren
William Haywood
Memphis
Sarabia
Bizan
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