Fall of Malmaison treasures in Leflore home sale bid
French government dispatches three commissioners to Mississippi to buy rare paintings tapestries and silver from Greenwood Leflore’s antebellum Malmaison site nine miles from Greenwood Carroll County. The Leflore heirs occupy the home, heirs’ finances resilient post civil war. Commissioners will also tour Felix Labance’s former DeSoto county house seeking ex Napoleonic valuables.
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Mississippi
Malma
Bonaparte Palace
Leflore
Felix Labance
DeSoto County
Transporting the Guard to Jackson for June ceremony
Five special trains will haul the Mississippi National Guard to Jackson for a corner stone event on June 3. Adjt. Gen. Henry oversees arrangements, with troops arriving early morning and a late night return after ceremonies. Trains operate on A and W system Gulf and Ship Island and Illinois Central lines. Rates are set to a very low level to minimize costs. Subsistence and commissary details are being finalized in days ahead.
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Mississippi National Guard
Jackson
Adjt
Henry
Capitol City
Gulf & Ship Island
Illinois Central
Pardon sought for Lee Uolem an Unieg County prisoner
Governor Longino is petitioned to grant a pardon to Lee Uoleman serving an eight year term for grand larceny in Unieg county penitentiary. He has completed six years. The governor limits pardons to exceptional cases, reducing petition numbers recently.
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Longino
Lee Uole
Unieg County
Gen Hanna Suggestion Sparks Guard Encampment Talk
Adjt Gen Harvey Hannah of Tennessee proposes a tri state encampment of Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama National Guards this year. Officers in Mississippi discuss it but few clear opinions emerge as they await the government plan under the new Dick military bill. In Mississippi City fishing quality noted with 75 speckled trout and several channel croakers caught by F B R Holbrook and his son Charles in one morning.
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Adjt
Harvey Hannah
Tennessee
National Guards
Mississippi
Alabama
National Guard
Mississippi City
Picayune
F. BR. Holbrook
Charles
Proclamation Elevates Ora to Town Status in Covington County
Governor Longino issues a proclamation raising Ora in Covington County to town rank after the community reaches 500 residents. The Mississippi and Louisiana Commercial Travelers close their Monroe meeting and plan next year in Natchez. Dr. Semmes released on bail. Frank Semmes charged with killing D. Lawson in Hickory, Mississippi. bail granted.
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Longino
Ora
Covington County
Louisiana
Mississippi
Monroe
Natchez
Dr. Semmes
Frank Semmes
D. Lawson
Hickory, Mies
Whitecaps Convicted in Lincoln County Circuit Session
Judge Powell adjourned the Lincoln county circuit court after convicting about 23 prisoners on whitecapping charges. Several accused were acquitted and a signed statement named J. N. Smith, Frank Smith, O. Smith, W. A. Watson, L. M. Smith, W. H. Staney, W. O. Arrington, John Fulvey, Edward Smith and Jasper Magee as not being part of the night rider group.
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Powell
Lincoln County
J. N. Smith
Frank Smith
O. Smith
W. A. Watson
L. M. Smith
W. H. Staney
W. O. Arrington
John Fulvey
Edward Smith
Jasper Magee
Campaign to Raise Five Million for Endowment Fund
Dr E E Watkins as agent for the Methodist general conference has collected 140000 toward a 5000000 endowment for superannuated preachers. The conference plans ongoing subscriptions and an active campaign in coming months. Marion county residents discuss forming a new county, likely to be presented in the next legislature.
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E. E. Watkins
Methodist General Conference
Marion County
Beauvoir Home Memorial Association Granted Charter
The Woman's Beauvoir Home Memorial Association of Greenwood receives corporate charter. Incorporators are Mrs Jefferon Davis, Mrs Susan Fisher Yorger, Mrs Marion B Longino and Miss Mable Money. Purpose is to assist in maintenance of the Beauvoir Home.
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Woman’s
Racial violence erupts in Smith County Mississippi
A race clash in Smith County leaves one white man dead and several Black residents killed after a dispute over a crop leads to a deadly confrontation. Police and authorities investigate the incident and tensions remain high.
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Smith County
Miss
Duel Leaves One Dead and One Wounded in Meshoba County
In Meshoba county a Sunday duel left T. E. Hunter, a slave dealer, dead and W. W. Majure, a farmer, seriously wounded. The clash arose after H. T. King, Hunter’s nephew, tried to elope with Majure’s daughter.
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T. E. Hunter
W. W. Majure
Meshoba
H. T. King
Hunter
Majure
Judge authorizes rent payment to West Chicago Railway
Chicago judge directs Union Traction Company receivers to pay rent owed to West Chicago Street Railway Company amounting to 197 thousand 385 dollars. Receivers may borrow funds on their certificates or on notes to cover the payment.
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Chicago
Crosscup
Union Traction Company
West Chicago Street Railway Company
West Chicago Company
Tropical Worm Disease in Westphalia Miners
The government commission investigating the tropical worm disease affecting 20,000 Westphalian miners reports the illness mainly strikes those who rarely see sunlight. The disease impairs labor and is frequently fatal.
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Berlin
A Warning to Turkey In European Turkey Governors Threatened
The sultan warns provincial governors in European Turkey that they will be held personally responsible if massacres occur in their jurisdictions.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Fought Under Napoleon in His Later Years
Joseph Badnan, a French veteran of the 1806 15 Napoleonic wars believed to be at least 114 years old, was found dead Saturday night in Salem Oregon. The man, born in France, served during the Napoleon era before settling in the area.
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Salem
Ore
Joseph Badnan
Airship Flight Reports Record Northbound Run
Paris Le Baudy airship ascended and answered rudder, covering over 7 12 miles in 25 minutes. Part of the course faced brisk wind. A ventilator accident did not impede success. Whitesboro post office burglarized. burglars dynamited the safe and stole $3800 cash $1000 stamps and $200 in registered letters.
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Paris
le Baudy
Dallas
Whitesboro
Gold Export Provisional Engagement for $500,000 Coin
A provisional engagement of 500000 gold coin for export to Argentina has been made in New York. The arrangement targets shipments of gold for international trade, reflecting postwar financial activity and currency flow signals.
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New York
Argentina
Tulloch
Payne
Miss Stone
State Department
Turkey
Kentuckian Kills His Son in Tragic Yard Shooting
Near Louisville, W F P Kelley fires on a man entering his yard fearing vengeance for a past tragedy. He wounds Morris Kelley, 25, who rode from Louisville to see family and is fatally hurt by kidney shots. The episode follows a May 1 killing of Mansfield for driving through Kelley land. Kelley and accomplices were acquitted.
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Louisville
la Grange
W. F P. Kelley
Kelley
Morris
Mansfield
Wheeler
Kelleys
Mr. Kelley
Counterfeit Ring Reported Across Western Kentucky
Secret service detectives hunt a gang for circulating five dollar counterfeit National Bank Notes across Western Kentucky. The fakes, likely issued by a Lebanon Kentucky bank, show forged signatures and a Garfield photo. Trials may speedily follow. Also a British official cites higher telegraph rates for Manchuria due to Russia occupation, noting charges rise from 38 cents to one dollar ten cents per word.
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Memphis
Memphis News
Madisonville
Secret Service
Kentucky
Lebanon
O. D. Thomas
Joan D. Carlisle
Shanghai
Imperial Chinese Telegraphs
Chiang
Russia
Manchuria
Asia
Americans storm Manila stage to halt seditious play
In Manila at the Libertad theatre Americans rushed the stage and smashed furniture when a climax showed the heroine destroying the American flag and raising the Kaptipunan banner. The audience fled as Col Tolentino, a former insurgent and probable author, faces possible prosecution.
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Manila
Libertad Theatre
Kaptipunan Society
Col. Tolentino
Calve Poisoning Incident Sparks Injury Recovery
The Petit Journal reports Emma Calve, star of the Damnation of Faust, accidently poisoned herself with aconite as a grip preventer. Prompt treatment saved her life and she has fully recovered though doctors urge rest. Rumors of an engagement to Jules Bois circulate without official confirmation.
Show Folk Marry in Pine Bluff Circus Cast
Arthur A. Moore of Siganaw Michigan and Miss Edith Goodwin of St. Louis acrobats with the Gaskill-Monday Carnival company were married by a Methodist preacher in Pine Bluff Arkansas. The bride, aged 15, had her mother's consent. the mother is also a fortune teller with the same show.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Arthur A. Moore
Siganaw
Mich
Edith Goodwin
St. Louis
Reflect of Jackson Lobbies and Confederate News
J E Leland the famed safe blower captured at LaGrange Michigan and held for requisition to Mississippi. Mississippi delegates to the Confederate reunion at New Orleans chart trains and entertainment, with improvements planned for the Federal building in Jackson. Also notes on bishop elect Theodore Bratton, new insurance agent P S George, medical board results, Beauvoir Soldiers Home meeting, and Belhaven College commencement set for May 31 and June 2 with fifteen graduates.
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J. E. Leland
LaGrange
Mich
Mississippi
Smith County
Supreme Court
Leland
Newton County
Decatur
New Orleans
Robert Lowry
Crescent City
South
J. A. Webb
Archieves and History
P. S. George
Greenwood
Beauvoir Soldiers Home
Jefferson Davis
Boundary case could boost Mississippi oyster profits
The Biloxi Herald says the Mississippi Louisiana boundary dispute before the federal supreme court could yield at least 100000 dollars annually to Hilcox oyster industry. It notes Louisiana's year of surveys and drawings, urging Biloxi to fund detailed data for Mississippi lawyers to counter objections.
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Biloxi Herald
Mississippi
Louisiana
Washington
Federal Supreme Court
Hilcxi
Biloxi
Magnolia Weave Mill Charter Requested
Magnolia Weave Mill plans a charter filing soon with a meeting of stock subscribers electing the board of directors. The enterprise is described as a certainty and a great addition to Pike county's thriving capital.
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Magnolia
Pike County
Adams Tackles Leflore Tax Evasion Case
Revenue Agent Wirt Adams has notified the Leflore county assessor to tax back property evading duties. Since 1899, an estimated 2,780,373 dollars of property have escaped the tax rolls over about thirteen or fourteen years, with annual averages to be calculated.
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Wirt Adams
Leflore County
Hattiesburg Incendiarism Arrests Reported
Insurance Commissioner Cole received notice from the fire marshal of Hattiesburg that two men were arrested on a charge of incendiarism. Three were implicated, one turning State's evidence. Fire damaged frame buildings valued at 1600 dollars, partly insured. Preliminary examination date not reported.
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Cole
Hattiesburg
Supreme Court Adjourned at Jackson This Term
The Jackson supreme court has adjourned early with the docket nearly clear. The term featured several major decisions marking it as an important session. Meridian reports Dr Frank G Semmes, bond 6000, now seen as free as lingering testimony may prevent a true bill. He faced preliminary trial for the killing of T D Lawson and received an ovation from friends.
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Supreme Court
Jackson
Meridian
Frank G.semmes
Hickory
Bar of Justice
Semmes
T. D. Lawson
Meridian strike talks hinge on M&O response
Meridian dispatch reports the board of trade has a reply from General Manager Clark but will not publish it until further correspondence. Clark reportedly does not oppose a conference with striking workers yet insists settlements cannot include dismissals of employees hired after the strike began.
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Meridian
Board of Trade
Clark
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Fatal assault in railroad yard near Hazlehurst
A serious dispute between laborers Henry Bonney and James Virgil in the Illinois Central Railroad yard near Hazlehurst ended when Virgil struck Bonney over the head with a heavy shovel, crushing the skull. Bonney remains alive but is not expected to survive. Virgil escaped. the quarrel arose from a trivial matter.
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Hazlehurst
Henry Bonney
James Virgil
Illinois Central Rairoad
Virgil
Bommey
Bonney
World and national briefs sweep through crowded times
Turkey to buy two warships built for Argentina. Shamrock 111 praised as top challenger. Sybil Sanderson dies in Paris. Burglars steal 7000 from Birmingham depot safe. Kilns, dynamics and diplomacy mix in global notes as Mosul and Rome dispute Mafiosi. Oil lands rise in Indiana. Parma canal funds debated. macaroni wheat makes bread. Roosevelt rests in Yosemite. Texas fire losses in Bow district.
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Turkey
Argentina
England
Russia
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