Penitentiary Population and Public Notices
Prison statistics show July 25 population at 1415 after 26 new inmates, with 14 discharged 5 escaped 7 pardoned and 3 deaths. A postal mail intrusion case notes illegal opening of letters. Governor weighs clemency for Ned Bolds, death row in Tallahatchie. State Fair expansion plans and new agricultural high school proposed near Brookhaven. Gulf Compress case hearing aimed for August 11. Great Northern extension advances toward Jackson. Will of Mrs. Ellen Divine leaves funds to Natchez Orphan Asylum. Catboat drift mystery solved linked to Pass Christian owner. suspected spite.
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Lawrence Yerger
Negro Round Over Quietens Racial Tensions in Sumrall
Ben Lee, a Sumrall Black man who killed Italian Pietro Matero with a lumber piece after a sawmill dispute, is remanded to jail in default of a $3,000 bond. The decision calms local race tensions as Italians had hired special counsel for prosecution.
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Ben Lee
Sumrall
Pietro Matero
Road Working Demonstrations Attract Statewide Attention
Road building and working demonstrations drawing boards from across Mississippi are slated to showcase progress and methods. Hattiesburg W T A branches collect comfort bags for crew aboard the battleship Mississippi with scriptures and improving literature. A Clarksdale wedding on barbecue grounds unites Vanderbilt Savage and Eva Fewell. Jim Denham dies after logging train crash near Smith Ferry. J S Blake accidentally shot in Gulfport jail incident. Brookhaven Gravel and Sand Company charter issued. E A Ward sustains multiple leg fractures at Wahalak building site. Moss Johnson granted a brief reprieve from murder sentence in Indiana.
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Hattiesburg
The
Mississippi
Clarksdale
Vanderbilt Savage
Lambert
Eva Ethel Fewell
Vance
J. J. Brooks
First Bale of Factors Cotton Tied to Bryan Campaign
Savannah news notes the first bale of factors cotton for the season sold Saturday at the Savannah exchange to Murray M. Stewart for the Bryan Democratic club. It was shipped to Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall, New York, with a placard declaring cotton is king and Bryan will be elected president.
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Bryan
Savannah
Murray M. Stewart
Bryan Democratic Club
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York
Breathitt Feudist Henry Tharp Captured After Insanity
Lexington records Henry Tharp of Breathitt County, once feared for a reign of terror, captured after he armed himself and defied arrest on Wednesday. He was placed in an asylum in Lexington today, ending a months long chase.
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Keuuret
Lexington
Henry Tharp
Breathitt County
Sultan May Give Up Title
Berlin reports the sultan of Turkey may declare himself emperor of the Moslems, abrogating the title of sultan, signaling a major shift in imperial role as per a dispatch from Constantinople published by Berliner Zeitung.
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Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
Constantinople
Turkey
Arbitration Board Awards Full $7,000 to Gulf Ship Island
A board of arbitration fixed responsibility for a cotton fire caused by a compress fire between Gulf Ship Island and Illinois Central Railroads. After a week of consideration the board ruled against Illinois Central in the full amount of seven thousand dollars. A prior adjudication had split the sum between the two companies.
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Gulf Ship Island
Illinois Central
Speer Refuses to Dissolve Rail Rate Injunction
Mount Airy Ga Judge Speer grants an interlocutory decree in the railroad freight rate case and keeps the restraining order in full effect. He urges complainants to seek Interstate Commerce Commission action within ten days if needed, notes lack of evidence from defendants, and cites precedents to sustain continuing injunction.
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Mount Airy
Speer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tift
Watson Prefers Taft in Savannah Address
In Savannah crowds packed the Savannah theater to hear Thomas E. Watson denounce Bryan and urge breaking the solid south. He championed Taft over Bryan, calling Bryan a deserter from Democratic principles and predicting his defeat while pushing for southern political independence.
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Savannah
Thomas E. Watson
Bryan
Taft
Roosevelt
South
Watson
White House
Solid South
Devastating BC Fires Consume Towns Near Cranbrook
Fierce forest fires in southeastern British Columbia have destroyed nine towns along the Crow's Nest line and endangered many more. Over 100 lives are known lost, with millions in damage. Cranbrook alone faces about 2 million in losses as 900 square miles burn, threatening homesteads and timber livelihoods. Fires rage between Fernie and Michael, prompting evacuation and relief efforts.
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Cranbrook
B. C
Crow's Nest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Elk Valley
British Columbia
Montana
Fornié
Michael
Coal Creek
Sparwood
Elko
Olson
Morrissey
Hosmer
McGillivray
Fernie
Washington Honduran diplomatic row over exequaturs
United States faces friction with Honduras after President Davila cancels exequaturs of foreign consuls in Ceiba. American consul Drew Linard and vice Consul Reynolds, plus French and Norwegian consuls, are affected. State Department defends the consuls stating no breach of propriety nor surrender of Ceiba, only relaying the demand to the commander. The issue pressures U.S. neutrality efforts amid Central American unrest.
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Washington
United States
Honduras
Davila
Ceiba
Drew Linard
Reynolds
France
Norway
State Department
Contentiae Department
Central America
Americans Triumph Over Irish Opponents in Dublin Field
Americans win easily in Dublin defeating the Irish Amateur Athletic Association selection. They secure victories in seven of eleven events including the 200 yard dash, quarter mile, half mile, hurdles, high jump, four mile, and hammer throw. The Irish win the 220 yard dash, mile, weight throwing, and long jump.
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Dublin
Irish Amateur Athletic Association
Fayette marshal fatally shoots farmer in arrest clash
Natchez Miss J O Davenport town marshal of Fayette shot and killed Louis Perry a Jefferson county farmer Saturday during the arrest of Robert Brown son in law of Perry on drunk and disorderly charges Brown resisted and Perry aided by his father in law knocked the marshal down Davenport fired four shots three struck Perry causing instant death Davenport surrendered to the sheriff
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Natchez
Miss
J. O. Davenport
Fayette
Louis Perry
Jefferson County
Robert Brown
Perry
Brown
Davenport
Cloakmakers strike looms. thousands to be affected
In New York President Abraham Rosenberg of the International Women's Garment Workers' Union says cloakmakers' strike preparations will affect 25,000 to 30,000 workers, about 10,000 of them women. He notes earnings fell from 18–20 dollars weekly to 7–8 dollars, with some earning even less and women averaging 3–4 dollars.
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New York
Abraham Rosenberg
International Women’s Garment Workers’ Union
Cloakmaker's Union
Amador Fears US Seizure of Panama Independence
President Amador and cabinet members in New York say the United States will ultimately take possession of Panama. He asserts Washington plans to seize the last vestige of independence after rejecting Panamanian government demands.
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Amador
United States
New York
Panama
Ten New Cardinals Named By Pope In November
At the Vatican, Pope Pius is expected to hold a consistory before November or in December to create ten new cardinals as the sacred college stands at fifty eight members after twelve hats await bestowal. Cardinal Gibbons's presence in Rome may influence an American cardinal decision this year.
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Rome
Vatican
Pope Pius
Sacred College
Cardinal Gibbons
Cuba's First American supervised election largely peaceful
Elections across Cuba under American supervision proceeded with general tranquility and little excitement. A minor clash occurred in San Jos de Las Lajas between rival white and black processions but caused no injuries.
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Havana
Cuba
San Jos de Las Laias
Work of Black Hand in Newark Bank Plot
Bomb throwers attempted to wreck the bank of Salvator D. Auria in Newark. They failed to strike the building but blew up the stone stoop and shattered the plate glass of Dominick Dilione’s basement saloon.
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Black Hand
New York
Salvator D. Auria
Newark
Dominick Dilione
Government Receipts and Expenditures July 1993 Deficit
Washington reports July 1993 government receipts totaling 52.17 million with expenditures at 77.04 million, yielding a 24.87 million monthly deficit. The slide contrasts July 1907’s deficit of 10.90 million and notes the current shortfall was reduced by about 3 million due to a railroad debt.
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Washington
Foreign Briefs From Around the World
The Prince of Wales sailed from Quebec for London. Many Chinese drowned in a Hong Kong typhoon. American and British capitalists plan water power development in Japan. Public opinion in Turkey calls for a palace purge. A plot against Portugal’s government was thwarted in Lisbon. Italy threatens force to protect subjects in Tripoli. Russia readies to counter Asiatic challenges. Sayid Muhammed, Persian Nationalist leader, assassinated. French President Fallieres left Reval after visiting the Russian Emperor. Dutch deny imminent bombardment of a Venezuelan port. G Winthrop Sands, Vanderbilt stepson, killed in a car crash near Parish. Ying King sank in a typhoon off China. 300 lives lost. Two U S residents killed in Mexican battle with revolutionaries. Franco-American Tariff Commission work proceeds with triweekly sessions. Japan’s War Minister Terachi says it seeks broad cordial relations. Sultan of Turkey sets November 1 as first Parliament meeting. Persia’s Shah aims to model Parliament on Russia’s. Sahyid Muhammed, Persian Nationalist leader, assassinated.
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London
Hong Kong
Japan
Turkey
Lisbon
Tripoli
Sayid Muhhamed
Fallieres
France
Reval
G. Winthrop Sands
William K. Vanderbilt
Parish
Ying King
China
Mexico
Tariff Commission
Terachi
Persia
Shah
Russia
S. Sahyid Muhhamed
Teader
Mirabeau
Taft Initiated in Steam Shovelers Union in Cincinnati
Washington reports Taft was initiated as a member of the Steam Shovelers Union at Cincinnati. The piece notes prosecutions of Standard Oil and political maneuvers as the 1908 campaign unfolds with Taft, Bryan, and Gompers active in public discourse. The article also mentions diplomatic and legal actions including Honduran revolution links and exequators of consuls.
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Venezuela
William H. Taft
Steam Shovelers’ Union
Cincinnati
Bombarparte
Standard Oil Company
Lloyd
Democratic Congressional Committee
Bomaperte
Ceiba
Honduras
Davila
Stadard Oil Company
Creel
Mexico
State Department
W. H. Taft
Hot Springs
W. J. Bryan
W. K. Taft
Chicago
Samuel Gompérs
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Through the States Prohibition Defeated in Texas Primary
Prohibition loss in Texas Democratic primary. suits filed in Kansas and Missouri to break up the lumber trust. severe weather causes crop damage across Louisiana and Mississippi. three white convicts shot at Rankin Farm by accidental guard discharge. blood stained hat and clues point to murder of Lex Brame Jr. James Crossgrove, head of a negro Catholic group, arrested in Natchez for embezzling $20,000. Heavy rains worry cotton yields. bankers say foreign capital favors American securities. 35 bookmakers indicted in New York for anti race track gambling law violations. papal document suggests American hierarchy prominent in Catholic Church governance.
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Texas
Kansas
Misouri
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rankin Farm
Lex Brame, Jr
James Crossgrove
Independent Sons and Daughters of Charity of America
Natchez
Mississip
Provocative Witty Exchanges and Aphorisms Recalled
A Philadelphia Press snippet recalls Miss Woodby and Mr Chestenfield in a banter about originality of a joke. It notes poverty drives love away and that the sinner is known by deeds while the saint is known by creeds.
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B.C
Miss Woodby
Mr. Chestenfield
Philadelphia Press
Saved at the Crisis Kidney Help Traced to Ogden Aid
Mrs. Herman Smith of Athens Georgia credits a kidney remedy for a life saving improvement after kidney disease and swelling. She recalls severe back pain and weakness before using Deans Kidney Pills, sold nationwide for 50 cents a box. Also mentions Capacline digestive cure marketed as immediate relief with doctor endorsements.
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Herman Smith
Broad Street
Athens
Dan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Oldest Church Organ Found in Gothland Baltic Isle
In Gothland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea near Wisby, a remarkably preserved organ fragment was found in a village called Jun dere. The relics include a case surviving seven centuries with pedal and manual holes aligned with modern organs and a bellows chamber, dating back to the eleventh and twelfth centuries and the paintings around 1240.
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Gothland
Baltic Sea
Wisby Afone
3Undre
Turtle Soup for All and the Simple Life
A quotation from Victor Grayson, M.P., in the Labor Leader denounces the “simple life” as a relic of medieval mysticism and religious individualism. He argues a national system would guarantee lavish provisions for leaders and their supporters, including champagne and turtle soup, challenging frugalism.
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Victor Grayson
M.P
Coffee blamed for health decline and recovery with Postum
A former coffee drinker describes years of pale, weak health from caffeine and stomach issues. After quitting coffee and switching to Postum, health improved rapidly with better appetite, sleep, and fewer headaches, culminating in full recovery and weight gain to 148 pounds.
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Qualias
P . Co. Crock
Mich
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