Largest timber deal shocks Delta and Sardis railroad plans
Mississippi financier C. M. Carrier & Son arrange a 300000 loan from the Tennessee Company for four years to develop the Sardis and Delta Railroad, build a hardwood plant at Sardis, and harvest timber on 25 000 acres in Paola and Quitman counties, part of Carrier’s Mississippi holdings valued at 647000. The agreement may extend the railroad to connect I C and Y M V.
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I. C
Memphis
C. M. Carrier & Son
Sardis
Miss
Tennessee Company
Mississippi
Mangled Hazlehurst merchant killed by freight train
Mangeld Mangold, a prominent Hazlehurst citizen and merchant, was killed by a southbound freight train after he paused on the west track to let a northbound train pass. His body flew thirty or forty feet, with the skull crushed, and he died minutes after being brought into the depot. He had long been identified with local interests and had many friends.
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Mangeld
Hazlehurst
Mangold
Columbia seeks higher school levy to four mills
A petition circulating in Columbia asks the City Council to raise the school levy for the separate district from three to four mills to fund Columbia High School for a full nine month term. It was shown months ago the current three mill levy would barely cover an eight month term. There is little opposition to the petition.
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Columbia
Askios
Columbia High School
Gehcol
Burglars Strike Mc Cool Town Fire Endangers Business District
A burglar gang entered Mc Cool before a Saturday morning fire risking $40,000 to $50,000 in damage to the town's business area. They drilled doors to reach locks and looted stores with a blacksmith shop drill, punch, and two sledge hammers. A well dressed stranger in a buggy watched the scene the night before and left without identification, drawing local suspicion.
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McCool
First Committeeman to Resign in Mississippi Event
N S D McNair of Fayette will resign as committee member and railroad commissioner for the southern district and as a member of the Democratic State Executive Committee. He will tender his resignation at a meeting in Jackson on June.
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N. S
Jackson Hi
Baptists to Meet in Yazoo City for Convention
The Mississippi Baptist convention called to meet in Yazoo City on July 8 with about 200 delegates. The session will consider enlarging the home mission plan as Baptists, over 112,000 strong, continue leading Southern states in mission contributions.
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Mississippi Baptist Convention
Mission Board
Wagoner Wins Bond Case Over Whisky Sale to Minor
The Hightower vs Wegoner case ended in a verdict for Wagoner after a brief jury deliberation of under ten minutes. Wagoner runs a McHenry saloon and faced suit on his bond for allegedly selling whisky to a minor. It was the first case tried under this statute. The Hightower vs E Bodd matter, identical in key aspects, was dismissed with a non suit.
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Wagoner
McHenry
E. Bodd
Wegener
Free Mail Delivery Begins at Yazoo City
The Portoffice Department orders free mail delivery in Yazoo City starting September 1. Three carriers and one substitute will be employed and twenty mail boxes will be distributed throughout the city.
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Yazoo City
Courthouse to be Remodeled in Clairerne
The Board of Supervisors approved courthouse remodeling plans at a recent meeting. The upgrades, costing between 18000 and 20000 dollars, will significantly alter the structure and modernize the facility.
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Clairerne
Mexican Lynchers Released in Mexico City
Prisoners jailed for the September 1 1897 attempt on President Diaz were freed after a jury found they acted under fear of their superior officer. The chief of police Valesquez was held responsible and died by his own hand. Recorder Had Remarkable Memory in New York. He recalled a 13 year old trial to secure a burglary confession. Dura's Review of Trade notes steady demand with firm prices, irregular manufacturing, and rail earnings up 3 percent from last year and 8.8 percent above 1901 due to Western floods.
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Recorder
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Review of Trade
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Weekly Review of Trade
Major Gibbs Dead in Columbia After Civil War Fame
Major W. H. Gibbs who fired the first shot of the Civil War on Fort Sumter died recently in Columbia. He served as a gunner in Captain George James' company, the unit Beauregard ordered to open fire on Major Anderson at Fort Sumter.
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Charleston
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W. H. Gibbs
Fort Sumter
Columbia
George James
Beauregard
Anderson
Coal Conspirators Fined in Chicago Case
In an opinion by Judge Houston, members of the North Illinois Coal Dealers Association were found guilty of conspiracy in restraint of trade and fined 500 dollars each.
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Chicago
Houston
North Illinois Coal Dealers’ Association
Besemer Banks Go Under in Alabama Charge
Bessemer Savings Bank and the Bank of Commerce in Bessemer Alabama have failed due to the defalcation of T. J. Cornwall.
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Besemer Banks
Bessemer, Ala
Bessemer Savings Bank
Bank of Commerce
T. J. Cornwail
Shocks at San Francisco and San Jose Suppresscoast
A severe earthquake shock was felt at San Francisco and other Pacific coast points including San Jose, causing alarm and prompting initial reports of structural worry and mobility disruption along affected areas.
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San Jose
Pacific Coast
Bond schemes and elopement news in Jackson reports
The Reflect of Jackson covers a Boston lawyer's claim on old Planters Bank bonds rejected by Mississippi since before the war, and Lampton's reply citing the 1890 Constitution. Also noted are Aubrey Landis’s elopement and arrest, a Texas extradition dispute, and a Port Worth return of a wife. Funeral rites for James Hill, K of P deputies planning yearly work, Quintas resigning to focus on the order, Delta crop worries, and a Dick army bill National Guard funding share. Mary Thompson Howe named to Central Council.
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Lampton
Boston
Mississippi
Aubrey Landis
Orwood
Hart Worth
Texas
Landis
Port Worth
Coupe
Chickamauga
Bulgarians to Be Released From Turkish Prisons
The sultan of Turkey has ordered the speedy release of 1400 Bulgarians detained in prisons in the villages of Uskab and Monastir, signaling a swift toll free release action across the region.
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Turkey
Uskab
Mexico City Quakes Trigger Widespread Turmoil
Earthquake shocks and volcanic eruptions rouse Mexico City residents, stirring alarm and widespread activity as authorities assess damage and respond to continuing seismic events.
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Mexico
Expanded Council Adds Members and Regional Rep Named
The International Order of King’s Daughters Council enlarged to fifteen members with Mrs. Jefferson of Kentucky named to represent the Southern States. Treasurer Lampton reports May oyster fees totaling $1,933.82, bringing the fund to $11,900.36 received and $5,596.96 disbursed. Governor Longino supports Illinois Governor’s request for Robert Rodgers, jailed in Jackson, to be sent to Chicago for murder charges. Yazoo Mississippi levee board backs Major Dabney’s sub levee plan to flood space between barriers to equalize hydrostatic pressure for future overflow seasons.
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Lampton
Longino
Ilinois
Robert Rodgers
Jackson
Chicago
Southerland
Jenks
Rodgers
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Danbey
Sanity Inquiry on Mrs Richman Ends with Acquittal Report
A commission in Watertown New York has filed its report on Mrs Rachel Richman wife of a wealthy manufacturer. It states she is sane and that she was charged with stealing a pearl and diamond necklace valued at $1000 from a hotel in Alexandria Bay. She remains in a sanitarium.
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Watertown
N. Y
Rachel Richman
New York
Richman
Alexandria Bay
Express Train Robbed Near Chicago
Express car attached to an eastbound train on the Weir railway was entered just outside Chicago and thoroughly looted. Robbers discarded undelivered express packages along the line from Hammond to Rochester. A freight train later collected the packages. At Huntington the door was forced. a robber fired two shots and escaped.
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Ind
Weir Railway
Chicago
Hammond
Huntington
Palma Pardons American Seaman Reddick
President Palma pardons Seaman M Reddick of the United States cruiser San Francisco who was jailed and fined $50 by a Santiago court for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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Palma
Seaman M. Reddick
United States
San Francisco
Santiago
Cooks and Waiters Strike at Major Hotels
Wholesale union workers in ten large hotels walk out, about 2000 cooks and waiters join the strike. Large downtown hotels largely spared, with few exceptions, as the action disrupts the hospitality sector.
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Chcargo
May Precipitate Civil War in Balkans
A dispatch from Buda Pest reports Nish garrison, once favored by King Alexander, is marching on Belgrade with full war equipment and artillery, according to a railroad official arriving from Belgrade. The move voltages into a broader Servian capital crisis.
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Alexander
Belgrade
Twenty Bulgarians killed in Yenise attack in Roumelia
Twenty Bulgarians were killed in Yenise Roumelia in a combined assault by a troop detachment and neighboring Mussulian vigors. Fifty prisoners were taken to Adrianople.
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Yenise
Roumelia
Adrianople
All is Quiet, So Said Dispatch From Morenci
Washington reports War Department dispatch that troops have arrived at Morenci Arizona and that all is quiet there. The message notes no current activity or threats, signaling stable conditions in the area.
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Washington
Morenci
Arizona
Pleased With Our Finances Lord Rothschild Comments
Lord Rothschild in a London interview gave a restrained view of the United States financial situation. He remarked on steadier markets and cautioned against overstatement of trouble, noting cautious optimism amid volatility and policy shifts shaping investment sentiment.
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London
Lord Rothschild
United States
Indignation Meeting Over Black Buyer In Palis Park
In Palis Park a Chicago suburb white residents held an indignation meeting after a negro sought to buy a house in the fashionable locality.
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Illinois
Chicago
Palis Park
Oil Refinery Planned in Alaska by English Syndicate
The article notes an English syndicate plans to build an oil refinery in Alaska. It mentions other global items, including queen consort events, naval losses, and political unrest, but the central readable fact concerns the Alaska refinery project and its international scope.
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Draga
Isla de Luzon
Pensacola
New York
Levee Collapse at Hollybrook Threatens Local Crops
News from Lake Providence reports the Hollybrook protection levee has failed and cannot be reinforced. The steamer American delivered supplies and then returned with all aboard, abandoning further attempts to close the crevasse. Water now runs freely, risking young crops. extent uncertain but overall overflow is not expected to spread widely as river levels drop about ten feet from the original break.
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Vicksburg
Lake Providence
Hollybrook
American
Great Turnout as University of Mississippi Summer Term Nears
Large attendance expected at Oxford as over 600 teachers may attend the summer term. New campus building prepared for occupancy and lodging capacity ready. Townspeople welcome visitors, and a great crowd can be accommodated.
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Oxford
University of Mississippi
Theatre troubles spark attachments and political intrigue
The Leah Russell Company at the Suburban Club in Vicksburg faces lawsuits as six attachments are sworn out after a Browning Sisters salary claim. Miss Russell endured nerves and a collapse, while the Jake Wells syndicate governs the group. Concurrently, Mississippi politics see state candidates active ahead of the June 23 Democratic committee meeting to set the primary date. Martin county judge Powell addresses illicit whiskey, and an incendiary fire in Hamburg prompts deputy insurance commissioner Fred West to pursue suspects.
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Vicksburg
Browning Sisters
Yeas
Miss Russell
Jake Wells
Fred West
Hamburg
West
Sentence Commuted for Shack Trim by Governor Longine
Governor Longine commuted Shack Trim's death sentence at Belen in Quitman County to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, sparing the hanging set for June 19.
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Shack Trim
Belen
Quitman County
State Penitentiary
Special Term of Court in Harrison County Miss
A special term of court in Harrison County Mississippi has been called for July 10.
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Harrison County
Miss
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