Deadly boiler explosion sinks steamer near Vicksburg
The steamer Scovel loading freight at Gold Dust Landing, 17 miles south of Vicksburg, exploded killing and maiming crew and passengers. Dead include Capt. John A. Quackenboss and Laval Verger. survivors place deaths between fifteen and twenty. Cause under study but a defective boiler plate is suspected. The vessel, 160 feet long, was owned by Vicksburg and Davis Bend Packet Co and insured for 6000 dollars.
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Capt
Quackenboss
Laval Verger
John A. Quackenboss
Vicksburg
Wade Quackenboss
Jackson
Joe Smith
Yazoo City
Mack Clarke
Lennie Roberts
Miss
John Dougherty
Charles McKenna
Butterfield
Junckenbosses
A. G. Russell
Ashwood Landing
Russell
Ashwood
John G. O'Kelly
Mai
Gold Dust Landing
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Scovell
Davis Bend
Frank Hirch
Capt Quackenboss
Murry Wilkinson
John T. Bruce
Providense
Len Roberts
Wilkinson
Senator Cordill
Scavell
Cordill
J. T. Bruce
Quakenboss
L. W. Quackenboss
First
Mississippi Volunteers
Mississippi National Guard
Laval Yerger
William Yerger
Henry Yerger
Frank Johnston
Plan to send battleship divisions to Pacific coast
Washington reports a plan to divide the Atlantic fleet by sending half its battleships to the Pacific coast. Senator Perkins of California leads the push, citing the need to defend a long Pacific coastline and modernize shipyards at Bremerton and Mare Island for faster production.
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Senator Perkins
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Perkins
California
Japan
Charleston
Chicago
Boston
Princeton
Yorktown
Oregon
Navy
Wisconsin
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Asiatic Station
Monterey
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Galveston
Chattanooga
Brementon
Mare Island
Louisiana
Connecticut
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oil firm transfers outside Missouri to Standard Oil
In a suit at St. Louis the Republic Oil Company president said all business outside Missouri has been turned over to Standard Oil. In Loja Ecuador the garrison mutinied, killing officers and several citizens. Bishop C C McCabe of Philadelphia died in New York.
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St. Louis
Republic Oil Company
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Loja
Ecuador
C. C. McCabe
Philadelphia
New York
Mississippi Congressman Demands Punishment for Negro Policeman
Congressman Bowers of Mississippi urged punishment of a black policeman in Washington over alleged burial mistreatment of his son. Democratic Senators vow to oppose centralization policy outlined by Secretary Root. Secretary Wilson received a delegation from Louisville and Texas rice interests.
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Congressman Bowers
Mississippi
Washington
Nat
Secretary Root
Wilson
Louisville
Texas
The Color of a Filipino Controversy in Washington
The Washington school authorities were asked to decide if a Filipino man is white or colored. Major M F Waltz of the U S Army sought admission for his 22 year old Filipino servant to the white school after being denied entry to Atlanta public schools due to race feeling. A committee was tasked with ruling on the issue, but no report had been issued yet.
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White House
Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
J. L. Merrill
Carroll County
Merrill
Adamson
Terrell
Federal
Atlanta
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles J. Bonaparte
Washington
M. F. Waltz
United States Army
Waltz
Japs Do Not Seek War Says Traveler Bishop Harris
Bishop Merriam C. Harris of the Methodist Episcopal Church who spent 33 years in Japan says Japanese do not want war and do not seek Hawaii or the Philippines. He cites no hard feeling toward the United States but warns an exclusion act would be resented and could lead to trouble.
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Hawaii
Philippines
Merriam C. Harris
Methodist Episcopal Church
Apan
I ,Use
United States
Japan
Navy to test oil as ship fuel on Wyoming at Mare Island
The Bureau of Steam Engineering under engineer in chief Rear Admiral Charles W. Rea plans an oil fuel experiment on the Wyoming at Mare Island. If successful, oil may replace coal in U S Navy ships soon.
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Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy
Charles W. Rea
United States
Wyoming
Mare Island
Navy Department
Rice Delegation Meets Wilson on Pure Food Bill
A Louisiana and Texas delegation led by C. S. Knapp and F. A. Godebeaux met Secretary Wilson in Washington regarding the pure food bill effective January 1 1907 and its impact on rice manufacture. Wilson said current southern milling methods are unobjectionable and exempt until the bill applies. glucose polishing is not allowed, a boon to American millers facing foreign competition.
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Louisiana
Texas
Washington
Wilson
Knapp
Louisiana Rice Growers’ Association
F. A. Godebeaux
Abbeville
Ross
Houston
J. E. Brousseard
Beaumont
Investigation Ordered Over Fort Barrancas Conductor Shooting
War Department has not received official advice on a reported firing on a car conductor by a soldier at Fort Barrancas Florida. The incident, noted today, follows the Brownsville affair drawing public press attention. Fort Barrancas near Pensacola hosts five coast artillery companies. A studio fire in Boston caused 150000 dollars in damage.
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War Department
Fort Barrancas
Fla
Department
Brownsville
Tex
Pensacola
Coast Artillery
Newspaper Sensations Surround Hagerman Visit
Colorado Springs reports Gov. Herbert Hagerman of New Mexico, spending the week here en route home from Washington, dismisses as newspaper sensations recent claims that New Mexico politicians sought charges against him or urged President Roosevelt to remove him from office.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Herbert Hagerman
New Mexico
Washington
Roosevelt
Peonage charge filed in federal court in Rankin County
Dan January, a negro, filed a peonage complaint in federal court against James Patrick of Rankin County, alleging he and his wife and six children were kept in involuntary servitude by Carter who allegedly sold them to Patrick for 1090.95 dollars. January claims brutal whipping and injuries, while Patrick's defense says he bought a debt claim and knew nothing of the abuse. Commissioner Moseley dismissed Patrick. deputies will seek Carter.
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Dan January
James Patrick
Rankin County
Brandon
January
Carter
Patrick
Moseley
John R. Knochs
W. B. Banks
Mississippi women suffragists plan party meeting
Women suffragists in Mississippi prepare to meet Friday and Saturday, at Mrs. Hala Hammond Butt’s call. They may not nominate a ticket, but consider education office candidacy and plan to survey conditions, organize centers, and begin missionary work if they choose to act next year.
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Mississipp
Hala Hammond Butt
Clarksdale
Mississippi Association of Woman Suffragists
Butt
Bank Revived in Meridian Aims Strong State Institution
The Mississippi Savings Bank and Trust Company, chartered recently in Meridian, is being revived and organized soon. It will have a capital of 100000 dollars with 50000 paid in and is expected to become one of the state's strongest banks.
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Mississippi Savings Bank and Trust Company
Meridian
French Religious Law Debate Opens Tomorrow in Paris
Paris. The chamber of deputies will take up the debate on the new religious law tomorrow. A postponement request by M. Pelletan sparked an energetic outburst from Premier Clemenceau, who called the demand a maneuver by false friends seeking to embarrass the government.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Pelletan
Clemenceau
Madame Blacksmith Turns Forge To Family Trade In Kansas
Mrs Philo P Wilcox, barred from teaching in Kansas, becomes a full time blacksmith in College View suburb aided by three daughters to run a shop. She handles horseshoes wagon repairs and tool sharpening while her two teenage girls repair bicycles. Her eldest daughter works with threshing outfits in summer. The family plans a return to teaching when demand slows.
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Kansas
Philo P. Wilcox
College View
Wilcox
Roselle
Mexico
New York Sun
The Famine in Plays and Early Playwriting Education
James L. Ford argues that many aspiring writers waste talent by not starting right and that a class for bright students could provide rudimentary instruction to steer them toward a profitable path, easing the difficulty of the playwrighting journey.
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James L. Ford
Honey Most Nutritious Delicacy for Health and Flavor
A cooking expert extols honey as highly nutritious and pure when bought in the comb. It is claimed to prevent throat troubles, aid in healing, and replace sugar or butter in baking and hot foods. Honey is also used as a cosmetic for smoother skin and a rosy, youthful complexion.
Black Bass Yarn from the New York Press
The writer recounts sighting and catching a half-pound bass and five nearby two pound bass near a rock shelf over deep water. He and Knowlson hurry to collect rods and catch bass, noting the common reaction to a fruitful fishing spot.
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Knowlson
New York Press
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Venezuela
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Cub
Willemstadt
OUR
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National Home
John L. Chamberlain
Secretary of War
Madame Blacksmith
Nebraska
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