No Yellow Fever Found in New Orleans Case
New Orleans authorities declare the suspected fever case at Charity Hospital not yellow fever. Jules Ebernz died of catarrhal jaundice and dissipation after an autopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Health officers from Texas Alabama and Mississippi joined local doctors, approving the report and planning joint future investigations.
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New Orlans
Louisiana
South
Charity Hospital
Jules Ebernz
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Ebernz
Mass meeting seeks US military governor for Isle of Pines
New Orleans reports say Isle of Pines residents on March 15 held a mass meeting and resolved to petition the United States Government for a military governor with full powers until a decision on jurisdiction between the US and Cuba is made. American Dryden Fulton was arrested while attempting a census but released after being ordered to stop. The census partial count enabled annexation promoters to finish their petition.
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New Orleans
Excelsior
Isle of Pine
United States
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Dryden Fulton
Prosecutor Hadley to Resume Standard Oil Probe
Jefferson City Mo Atty Gen Hadley and two deputies left for St Louis tonight to resume the inquiry into the Standard Oil Trust. It is believed he will obtain knowledge leading to criminal proceedings and then press high financiers behind the bars. He will go to New York Friday to compel H H Rogers to answer all questions and bring books. The Missouri Supreme Court ruling mandating witness cooperation aids the case.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
St. Louis
Standard Oil Trust
Supreme Court of Missouri
New York
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Desperate Jail Break Sparks Fire in Shawnee Prison
In Shawnee Oklahoma on March 18 several prisoners attempted to break jail by setting a fire in a jail section. The blaze caused heavy smoke that rendered nearly all inmates unconscious before responders arrived.
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Shawnee, Okla
Cherokee Chiefship Settled by presidential referral
Washington. Frank J Boudenot of the Cherokee Nation sought the presidents help to settle the chiefs. The President referred him to Indian Commissioner Leupp who said Chief Rogers is recognized as the Cherokee chief under a department decision issued last December.
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Washington
Frank J.boudenot
Cherokee Indian Nation
Leupp
Chief Rogers
Big Four Railroad Paid Rebates on Steel Shipments
Testimony before the interstate commerce commission shows the Big Four railroad paid cash rebates and favored certain shippers, including the Cincinnati Gas Coke and Coal Mining Company, for a steel shipment from Pittsburg to Kansas City. A sweeping sworn statement is ordered covering rebates in the last two years. A separate account from Pueblo, Colorado, recalls a deadly Denver and Rio Grande wreck near Florence with 35 dead, plus details of a duty suspension for a long-time operator.
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Big Four Railroad
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Kansas City
George H. Ingalls
Interstate Commerce Commission
T. E. Conner
Cincinnati Freight Committee
Conner
Cincinnati Gas, Coke and Coal Mining Company
Ingalls
Connor
Mr. Ingalls
Pueblo
Col
Eden
Denver and
Rio Grande
Florence
F. E. Lively
Swallows
Southern Congressmen Skeptical of Parker Speech
Washington March 18. Southern Congressmen show little enthusiasm for Judge Alton B. Parker’s suggestion that the party should go south for its presidential candidate. They view the remark as aimed at limiting competition from Bryan or Hearst.
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Washington
Alton B. Parker
Democratic Party
Bryan
Hearst
Mississippi State Happenings Child Labor Controversy
State brief notes outline upcoming House actions after special orders. The judiciary committee is set to take up chapters on crimes and misdemeanors with a proposed reinstatement of the child labor law, previously stricken in the Senate. A 1904 lower house bill on child labor stalled in time for Senate consideration. Cotton mill managers push for reinstatement, circulating literature and employing lobbyists at desks across the chamber.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Code Commission
Senate
Running Full Time at Mississippi Mills Wes on
Receiver Lampton reports ongoing operations at Mississippi Mills Wes ton with all machines running. Labor shortage strains foremen. payroll around 4000 dollars weekly to 800 workers. Mills offer high wages to attract skilled labor across departments. Spring shipments expected to set an all time high if staffing improves.
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Mississippi
Wesson
Lampton
Petitions for clemency filed for Mississippi inmates
Jackson March 18 petitions prepared to appeal to the Governor for clemency. Matt Luster, Sunflower county, ten year manslaughter term, endorsed by Parchman officials. Orlando Sanders, Prentiss county, about one year for perjury, described as needing his wife and three children. Leon Taylor, Copiah county, November 1905, eighteen months for assault and battery, good character cited.
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Jackson
Miss
Matt Luster
Sunflower County
Parchman Farm
Luster
Orlando Sanders
Prentiss County
Sanders
Leon Taylor
Copiah County
New Industries Formed in Mississippi Seek Charters
The state sees new companies ready to submit charters for governor approval. Success Brick and Tile Company of Greenwood Leflore county with 30000 capital lists incorporators R F Frierwood Frank H Reid and W M Hamner. Berry Drug Company of Columbia Marion county capital 12000 with J R Berry M R Berry and others. Confederate Veterans camps pick delegates for the New Orleans reunion next Monday as Maj Gen L Lowry reports Mississippi to host several thousand visitors.
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Success Brick and Tile Company
Greenwood
Leflore County
R. F. Frierwood
Frank H. Reid
W. M. Hamner
Berry Drug Company
Columbia
Marion County
J. R. Berry
M. R. Berry
Mississippi
New Orleans
L. Lowry
Wind River Reservation opening eyed for mineral boom
Washington reports the opening for settlement of the northern Wind River Reservation in Wyoming may break new records as bulletins from the Geological Department suggest valuable mineral deposits. Early impressions indicate promising mineral possibilities and rising public interest in the land's potential.
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Washington
Wind River Reservation
Wyoming
Geolgical Department
Federal inquiry into lumber trust reaches federal level
The McAlister Committee report on the lumber trust in the state is being reviewed by the U S Department of Justice. Attorney General Moody has requested information from Chairman McAlister, seeking details for a potential independent federal investigation under the Sherman Anti Trust Act.
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Special Investigation Committee
McAlister
Benin
Department of Justice
United States
Moody
Property Suit Targets Barefield Tract North Of Vicksburg
W R Craig and others file a suit in Vicksburg to dispossess forty to fifty families who have occupied and taxed a Barefield section land worth $50,000. The 40th fractional section was taxed to individuals after a state seizure in 1895. In 1901 C H Fife bought the fractional section from the state for 370 dollars, later passing to Craig, who now seeks to eject the original landowners who bought lots in 1895 and paid taxes.
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Vicksburg
W. R. Craig
Barefield
C. H. Fife
Craig
Fife
Street Railway Plans Tied to Yazoo City Bond Issue
The board of aldermen ordered the mayor to appoint a committee of three aldermen and citizens to secure plans and specifications and determine the cost of building a street railway. They will report at the next meeting when bonds will be issued if the cost does not exceed $50,000. Power to be supplied by the city light plant.
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Board of Aldermen
Yazoo City
Sheriff Turnage Acquitted After Shooting Trial
Sheriff Turnage was acquitted by Judge Monroe Mathes in Collins after a case stemming from a shooting during an attempted arrest of John Ross. Ross faced charges over sending a disrespectful letter to a woman near Mount Carmel.
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Turnage
John Ross
Monroe Mathes
Collins
Ross
Mount Carmel
New Bank Organized in Hattiesburg
The Bank of Bond organized with F. W. Foote as President, Dr. E. M. Cowart as Vice President, and Cashier McDonald. Capital of $30,000 all subscribed, $20,000 paid in. A one story brick building is completed and the bank will open March 25.
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Bank of Bond
F. W. Foote
Hattiesburg
E. M. Cowart
McDonald
Susan B Anthony Dies in Rochester At 86
The long life of Susan B Anthony ended Tuesday in Rochester New York after a brief period of unconsciousness. Doctor M S Rieker said she died of heart failure brought on by double pneumonia. Even in retirement she remained active in writing and shaping the suffrage cause.
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Rochester
N. Y
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
M. S. Rieker
National Suffrage Association
Hartford convention of Christian commercial travelers met
Delegates from every state attend the National Career convention in Hartford Conn. Christians in the business travel field gathered for services honoring their organization with prayers and readings as part of the session.
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Hartford
Conn
Oane
Convicted of Poisoning Wife in Quitman Mississippi
William David Boles, 24, found guilty of poisoning his wife Minnie McDonald Boles by strychnine in a December 26 drink. Jury sentenced him to life, amid dramatic scenes and judge Cochran's harsh critique of the bar and criminal justice. Boles planned appeals from the Quitman courtroom as friends and family crowded the trial.
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Quitman
William David Boles
Minnie McDonald Boles
R. F. Cochran
Boles
Carter
Stone
Supreme Court
Cochran
Mississippi
Tenth District
Hs Wife
Mrs. Thornhill
Child
Starkville
Miss
Prof. Hand
John Smith
William Anderson
Hand
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C. W. Clifton
Dallsford
W. Va
J. T. Kimberly
Dallas
Birmingham
Ala
West Virginia
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Federal Court
New Bank
David Boles
Martinez
Root
Valparaiso
Rio
Buenos Ayres
Congress
Richardson
Mann
Hepburn
Tivers
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