Oyster Specimen for World’s Fair Display at Yazoo City
Mississippi oyster fleet numbers over 300 sails as chief inspector Mosley notes fat season. Factory oysters from Biloxi beds are large and plentiful while Barataria bedding yielded a 3.75 ounce oyster for J V Hagan. The sample will be exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition via I Heidenheim.
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American League Sportsmen
Yazoo City
Mississippi
Mosley
Biloxi
Barataria
J. V. Hagan
I. Heidenheim
New Board of Supervisors and Local Civic Moves
Lauder county board of supervisors, in office eight to fourteen years, met for the last time in their official capacity. County Attorney A S Bozeman presented a gold pen to Andrew Brown, who retires after over fourteen years on the board, often as president. New officers will assume Jan 4 under new officials in Ganderdale county. World’s Fair prep includes Mississippi exhibits. Yazoo county secures a fine show with cotton, yarns, and $400 planned for January. The League of American Sportsmen forms a chapter in the city to protect game and birds and enforce laws. 4 G Morse ends life in Tupelo boarding house, leaving a note citing death or insanity. 100 bales of Brooksville to Macon cotton burned on the train. Nuewburger Cotton Co owned the lot. Corinth Engine and Boiler Works organized with $15,000 capital, eligible to grow to $25,000. charter lists J E Dreary, J H Jones, BR M Weaver, H E Walker, M B Abbey among stockholders.
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Board of Supervisors
Laudersale County
Bozeman
Andrew Brown
Ganderdale County
St. Louis
J. F. McKay
Madison Station
Mississippi
Yazoo City
Cotton Exchange
Yazoo
Yazoo County
McKay
Corinth
J. E. Dreary
J. H. Jones
BR. M. Weaver
M. B. Abbey
Dan James Seriously Ill In Vicksburg
Dan James, a prominent cotton man of Vicksburg, is gravely ill after a buggy accident. He was operated on by Dr Matar of New Orleans, but pneumonia developed. Hope for his recovery is now uncertain.
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Dan James
Vicksburg
Matar
New Orleans
Mr. James
Tragic Train Run Claims Gulfport Captain
Captain Carter Strack, from Baltimore, was fatally struck on the Gulf and Ship Island train while on the pier in Gulfport. The middle aged sailor is reported to have left a family in Baltimore.
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Carter Strack
Carter
Baltimore
Gulfport
Gulf and Ship Island
Knights of Pythias Convention in Hattiesburg
Knights of Pythias of Southeast Mississippi held a statewide meeting in Hattiesburg with many delegates present. A large and interesting programme was carried out.
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Knights of Pythias
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Grenada Cotton Receipts Hit New Highs
Grenada's cotton receipts to date exceed last season by 1259 bales, according to the local exchange. The surge signals stronger market activity and growing output compared with the previous year.
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Grenada
Old Lady Burned to Death Near Corinth Area
Mrs. Jane Wheeler an aged resident nine miles southeast of Corinth fell in the fire and died several days ago. This marks the fifth death by burning in the locality under similar circumstances in the last two months.
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Jane Wheeler
Corinth
Tennessee Ghost Story At Balters Hill Cabin
A Tennessee story from Tullahoma reports excitement in Balters Hill near the mountain foot over an apparition blamed as a ghost. In 1863 Calvin Fulghum and his wife and two children were slain in a double log cabin after two men sought shelter for a night during a December blizzard. Neighbors found the family dead and valuables rifled. the two strangers vanished, suspected robbers. Locals say December haunting disturbances recur, deterring residents and prompting tales of a man woman and two children seen at the cabin door, the man with a gun.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tullahoma
Balters Hill
Calvin Fulghum
Falghum
Fulghum
Washington Gossip and Political Moves
Washington reports note Gen Reyes likely advising Colombia against armed resistance to the Panama policy. Robert L. Harrison attacks Roosevelts negro policy and actions toward Panama. The House adopts a resolution to probe Judge Charles Swayne. Petitions from forty states seek Smoot’s expulsion. The government ignores an attack on Consul Davis in Asiatic Turkey. New Orleans builders plan a meeting to oppose enclosure of union labor.
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Washington
Reyes
Colombia
United States
Panama
Robert L. Harrison
New York Southern Society
Roosevelts
Davis
Asiatic
Turkey
New Orleans
Murrells Escape Ties To Hidden Mine Tale
An elderly Nashville resident recalls John A. Murrell leaving the state prison in ill health after ten years. Murrell claimed extreme poverty and spoke of a rich Cumberland Mountains mine he discovered during raids, but he died en route after falling ill in Pikeville. If truthful, no treasure lay near Nashville.
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Nashville
Tne
John A. Murrell
Tennessee
Murrell
Murrel
Emperor opens Diet as Japan presses for peace in Far East
Preservation of Peace in Tokyo reports the Emperor stating ministers conduct important negotiations to preserve peace in the Far East and protect Japan's rights. The House of Representatives adopts a nondivided reply criticizing the ministry for a timid policy at home and missed opportunities abroad, a notable shift from mere thanks for imperial opening.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
Far East
House of Representatives
War Predicted and Hawaii in Pacific Conflict
Honolulu residents discuss Col Jones’s report to Gov Carter on Hawaii’s strategic importance and strong defenses. Maj Gen MacArthur allegedly predicts imminent war between the United States and Germany, with the Pacific Ocean as the main theater and the Hawaiian Islands as a key objective.
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Honolulu
Col. Jones
Hawaiian Militia
Gov. Carter
Territory of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
MacArthur
United States
Germany
Pacific Ocean
Uncle Sam After Them in Hanteville Ala
Peter Vandiffer and James Macgrove, Winston County residents, jailed thirty days each for illicit distilling after failing to report to US court orders. Judge Jones had allowed home detours on promise to account for themselves. warrants issued for noncompliance. More offenders of this type to be treated similarly.
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Hanteville
Ala
Peter Vandiffer
James Macgrove
Winston County
United States Court
Jones
Statistician Swank reports mixed national trade outlook
Special telegrams from the International Mercantile Agency show varied gains across regions. In New England shoe, cotton, rubber and other staples rise 10 to 15 percent with leather and lumber mixed. Southwest up 10 to 20 percent. Central South even more favorable. Maryland and Baltimore note 1903 profits up 10 percent in jobbing, while iron and steel bottom appears reached.
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New York
International Mercantile Agency
United States
New England
Ennone
Southwest
Central South
Baltimore
Swank
Maryland Steel Company
Beirut
Government
Consul Davies Uses Cane in self defense at sea
United States legation reports confirm police violence in the Alexandrietta affair. Consul Davies, who used his cane to defend himself, encountered Attarian the Armenian, who had sought consular aid to sail to Egypt. Attarian, after boarding the consular boat, was taken for fumigation and then arrested by three policemen.
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Constantinople
United States
Legation
Alexandrietta
Davies
Attarian
Egypt
British grant eyed for West African cotton growth
An imperial grant for cotton growing in British West Africa will be proposed in the coming parliamentary session and has favorable support from government departments. The British Cotton Growing Association is preparing full results of experimental plantings for submission to the colonial office as Lancashire’s US crop scare is cited to push for independence of the British cotton trade from American shortages.
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London
British West Africa
British Cotton Growing Association
Colonial Office
Lancashire
United States Agricultural Department
United States
Anti Panama Campaign Moves Target Panama Company
Paris reports growing official concern over the anti Panama campaign tied to President Marroquin of Colombia. The aim is to prod Panama Canal interests into reconsidering their favorable stance toward the United States. Washington notes Colombian troops reportedly withdrew from the Atrato river mouth. Copenhagen reports King Christian recognizes Panama as an independent state.
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Paris
Marroquin
Colombia
Panama Company
United States
Copenhagen
Christian
Denmark
Republic of Panama
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie Slain in Rising Sun Parlor Window
Intense town turmoil in Rising Sun Indiana after Miss Elizabeth Gillespie was shot at her parlor window on Tuesday evening. Grand jury opened investigation on Saturday and police fear further threats as the death casts a shadow over the small community of under 2,000.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Elizabeth Gillespie
Grand Jury
Bogotan Troops Landing Linked to Panama Isthmus Clash
A small force of U S marines landed at Colon under Captain Smiley D Butler headed toward Yaviza to counter Colombian troops reported moving toward Panama. The navy reports mixed signals from Turbo and Cartagena about troop movements and supplies as U S interest rises in a likely Guerilla campaign on the isthmus. Army circles eagerly consider joining navy actions. Gen Reyes faces pressure as friends predict he will accept Colombia’s presidency in its hour of need.
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Colon
United States
Prairie
Smiley D. Butler
Panama
Yaviza
San Miguel Gulf
Tuira River
Washington
Navy Department
Coghlan
Cartagena
Pinzon
Turbo
Candi
Atlanta
Ganda
Gulf
Cauca
Navy
Colombia
Gen. Reyes
Another Dominican War Rumors of South Santo Domingo Revolt
In New Orleans reports describe a new Dominican revolution movement formed by allies of Gil in the south of San Domingo. The ex-president's retreat southward is viewed as a possible return to lead the uprising.
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New Orleans
Gil
San Domingo
New Revolutionary
Chicago the Bloody Chicago
Antone Neisseler was shot and killed while aiding John Temple during a 2231 Princeton avenue saloon robbery. Temple was severely wounded as two highwaymen attempted to seize money from the cash register. The robbers fled, and their identities are unknown.
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Chicago
Antone Neisseler
John Temple
Princeton Avenue
Nesseler
Tempel
Niessler
Temple
Wild Cotton Growth Sparks Paraguayan Interest
Advices from Asuncion, Paraguay report prices for cotton rising and worry among global manufacturers about potential raw material shortages. Paraguayans cultivate wild cotton, with cultivated varieties differing from the native staple yet sharing long, coarse fibers.
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New York
Asuncion
Paraguay
Wage System Passing, Wright Addresses Labor Question
Carroll D. Wright, U S Commissioner of Labor, told the Society of Ethical Culture in Philadelphia that the wage system will pass away and be replaced by profit sharing and cooperation. He said the great labor question is humanity's struggle for a higher standard of life and that employers must consider employees as investors as well as stockholders.
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Philadelphia
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Society of Ethical Culture
Senate confirms nominations for customs district and postmaster
The senate in executive session confirmed Charles M. Moses as collector of customs for the district of Portland and Falmouth Maine and F W Gualer as postmaster at Noweta Indian Territory.
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Washington
Senate
District of Portland and
Falmouth
Chas. M. Moses
Noweta
Indian Territory
F. W. Gualer
Ohio River Navigation Halt Sparks Frost Warning
Cincinnati reports suspension of Ohio River navigation as port boats depart. Rivermen warn that current temperature and low water stage will cause the river to freeze within 36 hours, halting further traffic.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Nomination of John A. Thorton for Teche La customs
The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of John A. Thorton to be collector of customs for the district of Teche Louisiana. This formal executive action places Thorton as the appointed official pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
John A. Thorton
District of Teche
Socialist Leader Defends Policy in Reichstag
Berlin reports Herr Bebel, socialist leader, rebutting Chancellor von Buelow in the Reichstag. He accused the chancellor of branding socialists as impracticable dreamers and contrasted Germany with the United States, noting America relies on academicians as ambassadors while Germany declines in global standing.
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Berlin
Herr Bebel
von Buelow
Reichstag
American Republic
Germany
America
Mortgage For Five Millions In Guthrie Oklahoma Territory
The Muskogee Southern railroad proposes 260 miles through Oklahoma and Indian Territory and has filed a first mortgage for 5,000,000 dollars with the territorial governor in favor of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago.
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Guthrie
O. T
Muskogee
Cotton for Linings Beats Silk in New York Fashion
Cotton is displacing silk as a lining for drop skirts and petticoats, aided by mercerising. A New York manufacturing company's office reported yesterday that black press de sale lining sales are set to rise significantly next season.
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New York
Can Serve Only One Master Chicago
Mayor Harrison halts union invasion of city services by declaring workers in fire and police must owe allegiance to the city alone. He cites an engineers’ wage appeal from the fire department as the trigger for his stance against divided loyalties in municipal roles.
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Chicago
Harrison
Fire Department
Union
Rich Man Disappears Cincinnati
The strange disappearance of Alpheus Young, a 60 year old lumberman from Kansas City with timber interests in Texas, has alarmed relatives. Suffering from dementia, he left southern California with a nurse to visit Milford, Ohio, but upon arrival neither the nurse nor his baggage could be found. Major Norborne Robinson, formerly of New Orleans, died in Washington.
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Cincinnati
Alpheus Young
Kansas City
Texas
Young
California
Milford
End of a Notable Enterprise in Knoxville Tenn
The last of the Co-Operative Town Company property, aimed at Elizabethtom, Tenn, has been sold by receivers, ending the affairs of a noted venture. Among those involved were Hon. John G. Carlisle, the late Senator Harris, Beng. Butterwer, Robt. P. Porter, and other prominent figures.
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Knoxville
Tenm
Co-Operative Town Company
Elizabethtom
Tenn
John G. Carlisle
Harris
Beng. Butterwer Robt. P. Porter
Gallonel Mote
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Congo
Audubon Society
G. Morse
Tupelo
Itawamba County
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Brooksville
Macon
Nuewburger Cotton Company
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Charles Swayne
Northern
Florida
Smoot
United States Senate
Uncle Sam
Pittsburg
Armstrong’s
Twenty-third Street
Statistician
Consul Davies
West Africa
Atrato River
Bluejackets
Panama City
Chicago the
Ohio Navigation
Norborne Robinson
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