Mississippi Division Urges Support for Southern Cotton Association
In a public address by H E Blakeslee the Mississippi Division appeals to Mississippians to back the Southern Cotton Association. It catalogs gains in price, reform of warehouse abuses, and countermeasures against the New York Cotton Exchange, urging organized state and local groups to unite for fair cotton pricing and broader industrial advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Southern Cotton Association
Southern Association
New Orleans
Walter Clark
Memphis
General Association
National Department of Agriculture
New York Cotton Exchange
Cotton Association
Postal Department
South
Cou
Cotton States
Southern Gotton Association
Great Central
Premium List for Mississippi Exposition Arranged in Jackson
President H. E. Blakeslee of the Mississippi Industrial Exposition prepares an individual premium list. Awards will be made by persons and firms directly interested in the commonwealths industrial and agricultural development. Details to follow in coming days.
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H. E. Blakeslee
Jackson
Commonwealth
Waterway dispute delays deepen with Burton pledge
Illinois and Missouri lawmakers press for rapid deep waterway progress while delaying action on the fourteen foot plan. Madden seeks Jan 30 delay to allow Lorimer presence. Burton hints at a survey and partial compromise totaling about 150000 dollars to extend study from St Louis to Gulf. Clark and Lloyd push for Missouri recognition within a broader Mississippi improvement program led by Champ Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Madden
Lorimer
Mississippi
Missouri River
Chicago
Burton
Burton,’’ Said Mr. Clark
Mr. Burton
Clark
Chicago-St. Louis
Champ Clark
Mississippi River
Chicago Drainage Canal
St. Louis
Gulf
Chicago Canal
Honduras Revolution Aids From Nicaragua Seen
State Department officer in Costa Rica reports Nicaragua president backing Honduras revolt. Honduras president informs Costa Rica of plans to send troops to the Nicaraguan frontier to quell the revolutionary movement.
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Honduras
Nicaragua
State Department
Costa Rica
Treasury extends return dates on temporary deposits
The secretary of the treasury will notify depository banks holding temporary deposits totaling about 12 million dollars that their return dates have been extended. The deposits were originally set to be returned on January 20 and February 1, and the extension delays the return of funds to an unspecified later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
National Guard mobilization plan aims to prevent militia shortages
The War Department expects new mobilization rules to fix militia reorganization difficulties seen in 1898. States must maintain minimum trained strength and fully equip units using federal aid, with states bearing provisioning for those called into service.
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Oliver
War Department
National Guard
Interchangeable Mileage Hearing on Two-Cent Rate Bill
The hearing before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce focused on interchangeable mileage books at two cents per mile. Attendees included H. L. Bond of Baltimore and Ohio, T. B. Harrison for Louisville and Nashville, and numerous railroad officials. George T. Nicholson of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe warned the bill could set a nationwide two-cent maximum and harm railways, noting passenger traffic heavily consists of passes to employees. John Sebastian of Rock Island urged against the measure, citing existing rates sometimes below three cents to aid national development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
H. L. Bond
Baltimore, and Ohio Railway
T. B. Harrison
Louisville and Nashville
George T. Nicholson
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
United States
Nicholson
John Sebastian
Rock Island
Mutilated Money Rush Refills Treasury Vaults
Currency of all kinds, worn and ragged, is flowing from the west and midwest to the treasury for redemption. Last week 4.5 million dollars were received, with over five million expected this week as banks send money to New York and Washington to rebuild reserves. The process takes about three days to issue fresh notes, and redemption is expected to continue into February.
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West
Middle West
New York
Washington
Treasury
Jamestown Expo invites foreign display representation
Response to a State Department request at the navy department’s urging shows nearly all foreign nations will be represented by a military or naval exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition.
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State Department
Navy Department
Jamestown Exposition Company
Harriman Fails to Escape Commission Jurisdiction
The Interstate Commerce Commission wrapped Chicago testimony in its rail traffic probe. Key executives Harriman Frick Rockefeller Rogers and Stillman face writs of no exeat to keep them within the commission's reach until they testify. Witnesses described consolidation reducing competition and outlined management control across Union Pacific and Southern Pacific operations. The hearing will resume in Seattle on January 21 with further cross examination.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. H. Harriman
Mert
Seattle
Jas. H. Hiland
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Julius Krattschnitt
E. A. McCormick
J. A. Munro
Union Pacific
Union
Southern Pacific
Hiland
Kruttschitz
New York
Henry C. Frick
Wm. Rockefelt
Jas. Stillman
H. Rogers
Commission
James H. Hiland
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Julius Kruuschnitt
Southern Pacific Union Pacific
Kellogg
Kruttschnitt
Texas
Harriman
President Lovett
Texas Lines
Texas Roads
E. 0. McCormick
McCormick
Krunschnitt
Stubbs
J.A. Munrow
Messrs
Kruuschnitt
McCar
Monroe
Union, Pacific
Pis Te Pacific
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Southern
Severance
Munroe
New Orleans
San Francisco
Ogden
el Paso
Tennessee House Endorses Roosevelt Dismissal Action
Nashville report states the Tennessee House of Representatives, under suspension of the rules, unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt’s dismissal of a battalion of African American soldiers tied to the Brownsville riot. It requests the Tennessee delegation in Congress to support the action.
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Nashville
Tennessee House
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Tennessee
Terrible blast at Jones and Laughlin furnace in Pittsburg
An explosion at the Eliza furnace of the Jones and Laughlin steel works showered tons of molten iron over a 40 foot radius. Thirty five workers were affected with three dead and seven fatally injured. twenty four unaccounted for with one survivor reporting rapid, deadly escape.
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Pittsburg
Eliza
Jones &Laughlin Steel Works
John Cramer
Andrew Featherka
Gustave Kessler
George Knox
Charles Bennett
Bennett
Hearings Begin On Subtreasury Location In Southeast
The House Ways and Means Committee hears competing bids for a new subtreasury with delegates from Atlanta Savannah Birmingham and other southern cities in attendance. Atlanta is urged by John Temple Graves and Joseph A McCord while Savannah is backed by A R Lawton Birmingham by Joseph F Johnson of Alabama Knoxville is supported by Representative Hale of Tennessee.
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Southeast
House Committee On Ways and Means
Atlanta
Savannah
Birmingham
John Temple Graves
Joseph A. McCord
Treasury Branch
A. R. Lawton
Joseph F. Johnson
Alabama
Hale
Tennessee
Knoxville
Women Strike Breakers Arrive in Memphis by Rail
Thirty women strike breakers arrived from New Orleans Nashville and other points and were installed at switchboards in the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph building. They formed a union and asked Mayor Malone whether city authorities would interfere with their depots pickets. The mayor said police would not act unless company property was damaged. A Texas legislature resolution seeks investigation of Senator Bailey. Ohio River flood worst is over.
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Memphis
New Orleans
Nashville
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Malone
Ministers and women attend lynching and prayer meeting in Town
Report notes several ministers and women at tended a lynching of a white man in Town where a prayer meeting was conducted. Kentucky farmers refused mail from a negro rural carrier, and the route has been abolished. VAREY describes a syndicate in St Louis formed to build boats for river and ocean navigation.
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Kentucky
VAREY
St. Louis
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Rockefeller
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Stillman
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Ohio River
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