Speculation Discussed at International Cotton Congress
European spinners urge American methods for cotton trade. The Paris congress closes and plans a 1909 meeting in Milan or Rome. Resolutions push harmonious curtailment during distress, study colonial cotton production, and adopt a net weight basis for purchases. Congress to study reserves against speculator prices and annual cotton statistics. American delegates favor a southern cotton station to gauge costs and reduce production. Net weight purchase reform seen as key, likely to spread to the United States if Europe adopts it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Fce
Italy
Milan
Rome
Europe
America
Permanent Committee
Congress
The Eye Photograph Theory in a Mississippi River Death
Alton Illinois coroner uses a retinal photograph to test the belief that the last image seen can be captured on a deceased eye. A photo shows a faint face of a man with a hooked nose and bearded cheeks. The post mortem notes water absence in the lungs and neck injury.
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Alton
Streeper
Mississippi River
End of May 1908 Brings Textile Mills Back to Full Time
In New England the first five months of 1908 show a shift from short time to full schedules in cotton and textile centers. Mills have resumed full time, some increasing output in the past week, with about 35,000 workers affected by the abolition of short time shifts. The turnaround follows revived demand for textile goods as spring trade returns and jobber stocks improve.
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New England
Boston
Mass
Mortgage filing demand blocks Burlington rail mortgage
A $300 million mortgage covering the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad property was offered for filing in Minnesota. Secretary of State Schmahl delayed due to a $100 000 filing fee, the mortgage registry tax. Officials contend exemption under gross earnings tax.
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Burlington
St. Paul
Russian Woman Hanged for Attempt on Governor
Voronezh reports the execution of Mlle Feodorovna twenty five formerly a school teacher who tried to assassinate Gen. Bibikoff governor of the province on May 6.
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Voronezh
Mlle
Feodorovna
Gen
Bibikoff
Two Chicago Promoters Sentenced for Mail Fraud
Two Chicago promoters were sentenced to three years in prison for using the mails to defraud. The defendants faced charges over a scheme involving mail fraud and related deceit, with the court imposing concurrent terms.
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Chicago
Duke De Chaulnés Death Ruled Heart Disease
Theodore P. Shonts denies opiate causes for his son in law the Duke De Chaulnés death. He states the duke died of heart disease while kneeling in prayer with Shonts daughter after a day of riding and dining. Duke’s family and Duchess d Uzès are cited as supportive.
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Theodore Shonts
New York City
Paria
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Duke de Chaulnés
Paris
d'Uzes
France
Editor Olin R. Baggarly Dies at 51 in Atlanta Gay
Olin R. Baggarly, longtime editor of the Atlanta Newspaper Union for 28 years, died after a long spinal illness. He rarely missed work, insisting on nine columns of news the week before his death. He leaves a widow and five children, plus siblings, and was esteemed for his skill and character.
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Olin R. Baggarly
Atlanta
Gay
Olin R .Baggarly
Mr. Baggarly
Atlanta Newspaper Union
F. W. Baggarly
Senola
Dancing barred at Methodist conference keeps amusements clause
Baltimore Maryland Methodist Episcopal general conference did not discuss amusement restrictions or time limits on pastorates. Paragraph 248 remains unchanged keeping dancing ban and the current practice of yearly pastorate assignments.
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Methodist Church
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Miner passion leads to huge stock holdings claim
Pittsburg financier William Montgomery, former Allegheny National Bank cashier now jailed for misapplying over 500000 dollars, told receiver Robert Lyons he loved mining stock and owned four million shares across Pacific coast to Alaska. Bank cleanup shows about 500000 dollars cash remaining.
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Pittsburg
Wiliam Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
Robert Lyons
M&chia
Pacific
South America
Alaska
Woman Leaps To Death As Fire Traps 20 Boarders
New York City fire at Mrs Mary Mooney boarding house on West Thirtieth Street traps twenty boarders. A young woman leaped from the roof to the street and died. Marie Beletraine is named among the dead. Mary Haggerty is critically burned.
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New York
New York City
Mary Mooney
West Thirtieth Street
Explosives Found in Baku Residence Linked to Swede
Thirty bombs and a large cache of explosives with arms were found in the home of a Swede named Wurten in Baku. Inmates resisted search, a lodger was killed, and Wurten's wife and daughter were wounded.
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Baku
Wurten
Receiver Appointed for Gulf Compress Company in Memphis
The Gulf Compress Company, capitalized at 1 million, is placed in the hands of a receiver Lg affairs are administered by C. C. Hanson, appointed by Judge Jon E. McCall. Abnormal cotton crop conditions car shortages and excessive litigation are blamed for its financial distress prompting a general creditors’ bill. The bond is set at 100000. Creditors allege debts including 370000 to Henry P. Talmadge and 12000 to Haas & M Intyre, with other amounts due and property liens noted while assets, mortgages, and unpaid improvements are itemized. All suits are enjoined and creditors must file claims.
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Memphis, Tenn
Gulf Compress Company
Jon E.mccall
United States Court
McCall
Henry P. Talmadge
New Jersey
William T. Minor
New York
Jacob Hass
D. J. McIntyre
Georgia
A. F. Churchill
H. F. Smith
C. Bierce
Talmadge & Co
Haas & M& Intyre
Churchill
Bierce
Panama’s risky election sparks calls for U S intervention
Fevered political climate in Panama raises alarms of potential revolution. Conservatives threaten dynamite against canal works and Hotel Tivoli in the zone to prod U S intervention before the late July presidential vote. Authorities tighten canal security as Arias and Obaldia emerge as rival candidates amid revised voter rolls and U S assurances of a fair, orderly process.
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Panama
United States
Hotel Tivoli
America
Senor Arias
Senor Obaldia
Washington
Taft
Name Change Sought for Inheritance Holder in Multi-State Suit
In Raleigh North Carolina the superior court orders John Armstrong Chapter to adopt the name Chaloner or Chatnel as he seeks possession of a $1.5 million fortune. Litigation across Virginia North Carolina and New York has delayed inheritance while he was confined to Bloomingdale asylum. he has been pronounced sane in Virginia and North Carolina and must prove sanity in New York before taking full possession.
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Raleigh
N. C
Superior Court of
North Carolina
John Armstrong Chapter
Chaloner
Chatnel
Virginia
New York
Bloomingdale Asylum
Sims
Tennesee
Mann
House
East Tennessee
Robert W. Lowry
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Congress
Vicksburg National Park Commission
Lee
Wood Pulp and Paper Investigation Committee
Iron Bars Reduced In Pittsburg Area Price Drop Noted
Iron bars are reduced by four dollars a ton following steel bar mills. Pittsburg announces iron bar prices in Pittsburg West Virginia northern eastern Ohio and western New York at 1.40 cents plus freight. Anticipated additional cuts in finished iron and steel including plates sheets pipe and possibly tin plate are likely between now and July 1.
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Pittsburg
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Acreage Decrease in Cotton Planting Report
At a meeting of state presidents of the Farmers' Educational and Co operative union the government estimate puts cotton planted on May 30 at 28,832,000 acres, down from 1,311,000 acres in 1907. The figure is derived from reports from all cotton states.
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Memphis
Tenn
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Latee ws Notes and Brief Political Developments
A condensed late news roundup covers Atlantic crossing times with Mauretania, Russian vodka label reforms, and an Madrid publishers congress urging legal protection for letters and condemning music piracy. It lists U.S. gold exports to Europe, Oklahoma hotel inspection bill, a Portland bank bankruptcy sentence, a Philadelphia launch explosion, and various appointments and political intrigues.
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Mauretania
Atlantic
Duma Commission
International Congress of Publishers
Madrid
Spain
Europe
United States
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
Goldman, Sacha & Co
Germany
Haskell
Oklahoma
el Beda
Burnett
Salem
Oregon
J. Thornburg Ross
Portland Bankr
Rosa
Delaware River
Philadelphia
John S. Leach
C. A. Stillings
Washington
Manila
Mississippi farmer urges youth to join scientific agriculture
J H Simpson, a Mississippi legislator and farmer, argues that the state lags in per capita farm output and land value due to ignorance and indolence among workers. He urges young white Mississippians to adopt up to date agricultural science, improves, and market knowledge to raise prosperity. The Mississippi State Fair plans increased premiums for agricultural exhibits, boys corn clubs, poultry, and livestock, with funds diverted to permanent buildings.
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Missssippi
J. H. Simpson
House of Representatives
Mr. Simpson
Missisippi
Mississippi
Redneck
South
The
Fair Management
Road Tax Defeat in Fourth Ward Election
Cameron police jury met on May 30 to tally results of a special election in the Fourth Ward on a 3-mill road tax. The levy proposal was defeated.
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Cameron
Quarantine Closes Cuban Ports as Health Board Recommends
Governor Magoon issues decree closing Cuban ports including Mariel to ships from Venezuela due to a contagious outbreak. Port quarantine applies with limited exceptions noted near Bayou Black and Houma as authorities respond to the epidemic.
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Havana
National Board of Sanitation
Govenor Magoon
Mariel
Venezuela
Houma
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Oho
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Episcopal Hospital
Continental Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Hemenway
Indiana
Landig
L. W. Busbey
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Delphi
Ind
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Alabama
John LK. Sater
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Internal Revenue
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Hobart
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Montgomery
Ala
John A. Steele
Nathan H. Alexander
Rock Creek Park
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Port Gibson
State Trackers Association
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