Five Men In Yazoo City Pistol Fight Kill Two
Five Mississippi men were involved in a fatal pistol duel in Yazoo City. T A Kelley and D D Dorsey died, T M Kelley and G P Dorsey were wounded, while F A Birdsall faced affidavits for murder. The dispute began over a politically charged article in the Yazoo City News and escalated after a Birdsall reply. The Mississippi National Guard may camp at Chickamauga with other states during August as per War Department plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
T. A. Kelley
Yazoo County
T. M. Kelley
Anding
F. A. Birdsall
Yazoo Sentinel
D. D. Dorsey
G. P. Dorsey
Lumberton
Birdsall
Dorseys
Dorsey
Jackson
T. R. Birdsall
Mississippi National Guard
Chickamauga
War Department
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
National Guard
Army
Washington
Silver Lining for Delta Flooded Sections and Camp Dabney Meeting
Traveling Sergeant Dodda reports the Delta overflow areas show green prospects as soil recovers and crops begin. In dry areas without rain, outlook remains gloomy with cotton-seed germination hindered until moisture returns. At Newton the Camp Dabney H Maury unit, led by Major Spann, honors Indian interpreter Jack Amos and recalls Chunkey river fatalities, as Amos plans to join the reunion as a Confederate Veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodda
Penitentiary
Dabney H. Maury
Newton
8. G. Spann
Meridian
Jack Amos
Spann
Jack
Chunkey River
Major Spann
Chunkey
Reddoch to Return to Mississippi After Prison
Martin L. Reddoch, the former Yazoo City postmaster, will finish his Nashville penitentiary term in days and plans to return to Mississippi to begin anew. He led a model inmate, held a trusted prison position, after a $2000 shortage in Yazoo City. His past as a Republicans leader is noted as a cautionary turn. Illinois monument funds for Vicksburg National Park total $250,000 with $150,000 immediately available, and about seventy Illinois groups are slated to participate in forthcoming park work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Reddoch
Yazoo City
Nashville
Mississippi
Reddoch
State of
Illinois
Vicksburg National Park
Illinois Commission
Canneries Close Oyster Season
The Packing Companies of Scranto suspend oyster canning for the season as Bohemian laborers depart, with plans to return next fall. Summer expansion will house Del mas workers while the plant begins shrimp production at approximately 10 000 cans daily for the next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranto
Delmas
Appointment to National Livestock Association committee
President John W. Stringer announces the appointment of Dr. W. H. Dalrymple of the State University to the committee on sanitary measures for 1903. The Doctor already serves on the association's executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Stringer
National Livestock Association
W. H. Dalrymple
The
State University
Provision for Good Roads Contract Let in Copiah County
Copiah county supervisors let a four year contract to Dr H H Barrow to repair all public roads west of the Illinois Central Railroad at 35 dollars per mile per year. About 160 miles are covered under the bid. Bids for the county east of the railroad were rejected as too high, and the board will consider a new award at an early meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Copiah County
H. H. Bar‘ow
Illinois Central Railroad
Negro Girl Killed Over Bouquet Tragedy at Lena
A tragedy in Lena Mississippi Leake County arises from a colored girl Pearl Dew shooting a girl named White after White invaded her premises and called a bouquet. Both involved are described as colored in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Leake County
Beat 4
Pearl Dew
White
Endowment Boost for Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
The McComb heirs pledge an additional 60000 to Chamberlain-Hunt Academy at Port Gibson, a Presbyterian synodical school for young men in Mississippi overseen by the synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McComb
Clhamberlain-Hunt Academy
Port Gibson
Presbyterian Synodical School For
Mississippi
Synod
Illinois Central seeks injunction to block Mississippi order
The Illinois Central road has instituted injunction proceedings against the Mississippi railroad commission to prevent enforcement of a recent order requiring limited trains to be stopped on flag at Magnolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Road
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Magnolia
Bratton Accepts Mississippi Diocese Bishopric Call
Dr Theodore Dubose Bratton of Raleigh New York wired acceptance of his bishopric in the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi elected at the recent council in Jackson. An anonymous letter thwarted an attempted shipment on the steamer Umbria and the post office case against several officials led to Dower's dismissal by Postmaster General Payne. Frank M Barnett a U S Bureau of Ethnology clerk in Washington also dismissed by Payne's order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Dubose Bratton
Raleigh, N. Y
Episcopal Diocese of
Mississippi
Jackson
James Dower
Post Office Department
Washington
Payne
Frank M. Barnett
United States Bureau of Ethnology
Russian Coup Looks Warlike
Fourteen thousand troops with heavy guns are between the mouth of the Liao and Port Arthur. Russia re occupies New Chwang with garrisons at Liao river forts and is said to be constructing forts near Liao Tung to guard Manchuria. Japan protests as rumors spread of troops toward Wiju, Korea. Washington contemplates joint action by Japan, England and the United States if Roosevelt approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouth of the Line
Port Arthur
Peking
New Chwang
Liao River
Tien Chwang Tai
Liao
Liao Tung
Yalu River
New Chwang Point
Manchuria
Japan
Yokohama
Korea
Wiju
London
Russia
China
New Chiang
Washington
State Department
New Chang
Roosevelt
Hay
California
England
United States
French Warships Sail for Salonica Following Cipher Orders
After cipher orders reach Admiral Pottier the French flagship Adolphu and armored cruiser La Touche Treville depart for Salonica. The cruiser Galilee is ready to follow to the same port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youlon
Pottier
Adolphu
la Touche Treville
Salonica
Galilee
Charities and Corrections Debate Waste in New York
D C Potter chief of the charities division of the New York fire department charged the New York department of public charities with great waste of public money during the convention session in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Convention of Charities and Corrections
D. C
Potter
Charities Division
New York Fire Department
Department of Public Charities
New York City
Chilean Minister Handles Mexican Affairs In U S
Washington. The Chilean minister to the United States, Senor Don Joaquin Walker Martinez, has been extended to also credential him to Mexico. Senor Bello, Chilean minister to Mexico, resigned to join the Mexican House of Representatives, linking the mission with the Washington post. The legation staff remains at Mexico City. Martirez will present credentials next month and stay about two months before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senor
Don Joaquin Walker Martinez
United States
Mexcio
Beating at Kansas Insane Asylum Alleged by Ex-Staff
A former Lawrence attendant testifies in Topeka that Kansas insane asylum staff beat patients into docility under superior officers. He says patients were punished before breaking any rule, with fists or clubs when fists were not deemed enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Insane Asylum
Topeka
Kans
A. M. Mason
Lawrence
Mason
Against Venezuela Claim by Bullis for 50000
Haverstraw New York resident Harry B Bullis files a formal claim for 50000 against Venezuela over alleged false imprisonment and detention in Maracaibo during a 1900 revolution. He directed staff transfer plans, proposed militia actions, and faced arrest and release efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverstraw
N. Y
Harry B. Bullis
Government of
Venezuela
Maracaibo
Bullis
Marazcaibo
Electric Light Company
Airship Flight Over Suburban Towns Impresses Paris
The airship built for the Labaudy brothers completed a highly successful trip touring several suburban towns near Paris. The craft demonstrated steady handling and reliable performance throughout the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Labaudy Brothers
Chinese Leper Captured in St Louis
Fong Fong, a Chinese leper who escaped Monday from quarantine isolation cottages, has been recaptured and returned to his quarters. He was found in a Chinese laundry and many customers burned their linen on learning of the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Massacre at Kishineff Reported in Shock News
A Nashville American special from New York details the Kishineff Bessarabia massacre with vivid injuries and ruin. Eight thousand families are left shelterless as homes burn and streets fill with the homeless. The letter from a traveler describes hospital wards, cemeteries, and a city nearly destroyed by mobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kisheneff
Bessarabia
Yetta Feldman
Russia
Kishneff
Theetter
Jone
Kishineff
Odessa
Kiev
Baike
Western Insurance Company to Quit Louisville
The Western Insurance Company, based in Louisville, will go out of business citing oppressive taxation. About $2.3 million in fire policies will be reinsured with another company. Incorporated in 1872, it paid 4 percent annual dividends on $150,000 capital stock, with a payout of about $125 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frisco
Rock Island Company
Rock Island
St. Louis
Louisville
Western Insurance Company
Christian Stege
the Western
Stege
Robbed Belmont English Servant Arrested in New York Pawnshop
A man calling himself George Reynolds an Englishman was arrested after a burglary at Belmonts Hempstead home. Jewelry and silverware valued at 10000 dollars and private papers were stolen. Reynolds, who arrived a week earlier, worked as second man. Stolen goods were found in a pawn shop and a bag in a nearby saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Reynolds
August Belmont
Reynolds
Mr. Belmont
Hempstead
L. L Reynolds
Deportation of 7 year old Prussian immigrant sparks controversy
New York authorities ordered Joseph Bernstein, a 7 year old arriving with his mother and siblings from Prussia, deported for ineligibility to enter the United States. He weighs only 15 pounds, a factor cited in the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Bernstein
Prussia
Child Falls From Mother's Arms On Elevated Train
In New York a three year old slipped from its mother’s grasp and fell from an elevated train into Sec ond avenue. Two passersby below caught the child, who escaped with only a slight bruise at the edge of the structure. Bradstreet notes trade remains strong with a surge in April railway earnings, despite cool weather and labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Second Avenue
Bradstreet
Methodist Mission Board Plans $500,000 Drive
The bi centennial of John Wesley’s birth prompts the board of missions in St Louis to raise 500000 in the year for home and foreign missions. Committees were appointed to chart plans for each branch. Bishop Galloway of the Japan conference and Dr S H Wainwright of Kobe school spoke to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John Wesley
Board of Missions
Bishop Galloway
S. H. Wainwright
School For Higher Learning
Kobe
Japan
Mexico aims to fix silver dollar at fifty cents gold
A Mexican monetary commission reportedly plans to permanently set the silver dollar value at 50 cents in gold, prompting speculators to buy silver dollars for a potential gain. In Los Angeles police detained a man suspected of being a Czolgossz brother after the McKinley assassination, holding him without charges until the president’s visit passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
el Paso
Mexico
Monetary Commission
Los Angeles
Cal
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
Czolgosz Brothers
McKinely
Czolgosz
Filipinos Take Oath in Pittsburg Court Visit
Ten Filipinos appeared in United States district court and took oath of allegiance to the United States. They are linked with a traveling show and were led by Captain Griffith, recruiting officer for the army. Judge Buffington invited them into the courtroom to observe court proceedings, leaving them deeply impressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States District Court
United States
Griffith
Army
Buffington
Gunboat Arkansas forecasts river rise needed at Genevieve
Cairo captain Henry Harle, pilot of the United States monitor Arkansas, reports at Genevieve, Missouri that the gunboat is afloat but will require at least a four foot river rise before it can resume its trip downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Henry Harle
United State Monitor
Arkansas
Genevieve
Cotton Buyers' Association Seeks Charter in Atlanta
At its annual meeting in Atlanta the Southeaster Cotton Buyers' Association decided to apply for a charter. The aim is to control cotton prices as much as possible in the South. G Nicholson of Atlanta was re elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southeaster Cotton Buyers’ Association
South
G. Nicholson
Atanta
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Boquet
Dr. Bratton
Umbria
Charities and Corrections
Haverstraw N.Y
Hester
New Orleans
Ohio
Potomac
Mills
Canada
Louisville Insurance Company
Belmont
Bradstreets Trade Review
Methodist Mission Board
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