Will Establish Training School In Jackson Mississippi
Policeman Tapley shoots R. W. Taylor at his house in Jackson. Magolia issues 25 000 dollars bonds for erection of school house. Gen Stephen D. Lee, UCV commander in chief, to leave May 27 for Richmond Va for annual reunion with staff. Maj Gen Robert Lowry to leave May 31 with staff and escort from Rob ert A. Smith camp. Delegation of 100 veterans will accompany Lowry. special Pullman service planned. Robert A. Smith camp and United Daughters of the Confederacy fund travel for veterans in need.
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Tapley
R. W. Taylor
Jackson
Magolia
Schol House
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Lee
Robert Lowry
Mississippi
Robert A. Smith
Lowry
United Daughters, of the Confederacy
Police Officer Kills Chemist in Farish Street Home
J A Tapley of the Jackson police shot and killed R W Taylor a chemist at Capital City Fertilizer at Tapleys residence on Farish street. On duty he kicked open a locked door found Taylor with his wife, fired once striking Taylor in the abdomen. Taylor from Alabama had worked here two years and planned to move to Baton Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Tapley
Jackson
R. W. Taylor
Capital
Taylor
Tapley
Alabama
Baton Rouge
Training School Proposed by Seashore District Conference
At the Biloxi Methodist Church closing meeting the Seashore District Conference decided to build a Gulf Coast Methodist training school between Gulfport and Biloxi. Rev. H. W. Van Hook of Biloxi will lead the enterprise, making the project especially significant for Biloxi. The session was noted as one of the most important and diligent gatherings of ministers and lay delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Betwen Gulfport
Gulf Coast
H. W. van Hook
Greenville Man Elected Grand Counsellor Of U C T Mississippi
Albert Kossman of Greenville Mississippi was elected Grand Counsellor of the United Commercial Travelers of Mississippi and Louisiana Greenville also won the next convention with New Orleans withdrawing in favor of that city Charters were voted to councils in Hattiesburg Jackson and Meridian won the banner for the largest membership increase A resolution endorsed the proposed exposition at New Orleans in 1915
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kossman
Greenville
Miss
United Commercial Travelers of
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Orleans
Hattiesburg
Jackson
Meridian
New Orns
Fatal Fire Claims Mrs Mollie Warwick at Kosciusko
A Mrs Mollie Warwick living one mile west of Kosciusko was burned to death when her clothing caught fire. Only the children were present and unable to help before the blaze was extinguished.
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Mollie Warwick
Kosciusko
Automobile Freight Line opens with first run to Clarksdale
The Clarksdale and Friars Point Motor Traction Company begins operations. The first automobile freight bound for Clarksdale left Friars Point and arrived after one hour and twenty minutes. Wagons were consigned to a local firm and the event drew much rejoicing among citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksdale
Friars Point
Central America turmoil fuels exile plans against Cabrera
The Record cites a New York paper's interview asserting Central America is inflamed and Mexico and the United States would back a federation. An American businessman based in Mexico City disputes the claim, while Guatemala exiles prepare for action against President Cabrera as efforts to erase the report fail.
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Central’ America
Era Ding
New York
Central America
The
Record
Mexico ‘City
Presidentiaz
Centralerican
Mexico
United States
New Industries Organize in State
News Industries reports several new concerns forming and seeking charter approval. Osyka Compress Company in Osyka Fike County capitalized at $30,000. Star Publishing Company in Batesville Panola County capitalized at $5,000. Mississippi Saw Mill Company in Ripley Tippdd County capitalized at $10,000. Millsted Lumber Company in Americus Jackson County capitalized at $20,000. Amendment to charter of Mississippi Bank and Trust Company in Jackson Hinds County increases capital from $100,000 to $200,000.
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Osyka Compress Company
Osyka
Fike County
Star Publishing Ccompany
Batesville
Panola County
Mississippi Saw Mill Compay
Ripley
Tippdd
Millsted Lumber Company
Americus
Jackson County
Mississippi Bank and Trust Company
Jackson
Hinds County
Mississippi bankers visit Diaz at national palace
President Diaz of Mexico received a delegation of visiting Mississippi bankers at the national palace. United States Ambassador Thompson conducted the party and introduced them to the president. Diaz expressed pleasure at seeing Americans, and Vice President Kenton of the Bankers Association of Brookhaven spoke for the bankers. The party will depart tomorrow by the National Railway.
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Diaz
Mexico
National Palace
United States
Thompson
Amerigins
Kenton
Bankers Association
Brookhaven
Miss
Magnolia board opens bids for twenty five thousand school bonds
The Magnolia board of mayor and aldermen held a special city hall meeting to open bids for issuing twenty five thousand dollars in school bonds. Three bids were received led by W J Hayes Son of Cleveland Ohio offering to purchase at par with town covering sale costs. Bonds to bear five percent interest. Dated June 1 and transfers to follow after preliminary work.
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Magnolia
W. J. Hayes & Son
Cleveland
Ohio
Freak Potato Plant Attracts Utica Interest
Dr. R. L. Horton, a Utica scientist and gardening enthusiast, reports a freak Irish potato plant that yields three crops of tubers. The ground crop includes a dozen or more potatoes, with three or four near the top and two green sprouts forming above ground, sunburned and sprouting from the eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Horton
Utica
Verdict for $50,000 in Yazoo City Wallace case
The jury returned a $50,000 verdict against the Y. and M. V. R. R. in Yazoo City. Plaintiff Wallace, employed by the railroad, lost both legs when struck by a switch engine in the local yards. It is the largest personal injury verdict ever rendered in the state.
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Wallace
Yazoo_City
Explosion at Fort Gibson graduation causes panic
At Fort Gibson colored school graduation exercises a stage lamp exploded triggering a panic among about 300 Black attendees. Panicked crowd trampled three people to death and more than twenty others were injured.
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Fort Gibson
Minnesota Memorial Unveiled at Vicksburg Park Ceremony
The Minnesota monument in Vicksburg National Military Park will be unveiled by Mrs. Vardaman wife of the Governor or her daughter Miss Aletha and Mrs. Johnson wife of Minnesota’s Governor. Chairman Brown of the Ohio State committee declares support for Taft for the presidential nomination.
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Minnesota
Vicksburg National Military, ‘Parks
Vardaman
Miss Aletha
Johnson
Brown
Ohio State Committee
Taft
Roosevelt to lead river trip with inland waterways commission
President Roosevelt plans a three to four day Mississippi River voyage in early October with the inland waterways commission. Invitations came from governors nationwide, and he promises to travel from central Illinois or Iowa to the Mississippi aboard a trip to study river conditions and transport improvements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Illinois
Iowa
Missississippi
Inland Waterways Commission
Burton
Ohio
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
Oyster Bay
Canton
McKinley Monument
Cummins
Washington, D. C
Arkansas
Florida
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
West
Mississippi
Gulf
Great Lakes
Alleghenies
Rockies
Memphis
Roosevelt Emphasizes Waterways Use and Problem Solving
In a concise closing, Theodore Roosevelt expresses satisfaction with rapid solution of problems and proper use of our great waterways. He asserts his endorsement of rational action and practical stewardship.
Prince of Asturias Baptized in Madrid Palace Chapel
The Prince of Asturias Alfonso Piochrstino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Erugene Fernando Antonio was baptized in the private chapel of Madrid's palace. A grand procession, royal salutes, bishops, ambassadors, and noble houses attended as the ceremony concluded with the child returned to the queen.
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Madrid
Prince of Asturias
Santo Domingo de Gusmafi
Spain
Cardinal Rinaldini
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Edward
Prince Frederick Leopold
Hohenzollern
William
Archduke Eugene of Austria
Francis Joseph
Duke of
Oporto
Carlos
Portugal
Alfonso Piochristino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Erugene
Fernando Antonio
Beeing
Mexican peonage case in Mexico City arrests
Mrs Dolores Gonzales and several accomplices are jailed on peonage charges after police testimony that Mexican men were bought for 100 dollars each and sent to Vera Cruz. She admits selling workers under contracts she says were legal, while the judge orders ten days in communal confinement pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Dolores Gonzales
Vera Cruz
de Mazeno
Herlinda Calderon
Domingo Martinez
Communicedo
Five Special Elections Called in Arcadia Jurisdiction
At the regular Police Jury meeting in Arcadia five special elections were ordered. Ward One votes on a 5 mill tax for ten years in aid of the Louisiana Southern Railroad. Ward Two on a 5 mill tax for ten years for good roads. Bienville School District votes on 10 mills for five years. Providence School District votes on 10 mills for ten years for school maintenance building and equipment. Ward One becomes a road district. Parish Road Law amended. First class roads must be 24 feet wide and second class roads 18 feet wide. Wheat prices rose on the Chicago market.
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Arcadia
Ward
Louisiana Southern Railroad
Bienville
Providence
Plague Death Toll Shocks India in Six Weeks
An official report shows 451,892 deaths from plague occurred in India during the past six weeks. In Warsaw, Russian terrorists robbed a railroad office after a clash that left four dead and nine wounded. A bill for an export box of bananas has been introduced in the Costa Rican Congress.
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India
Warsaw
Congress
Edwards Bonded After Wounding Peruvian Attache
Charles A Edwards secretary of the Temocratic congressional committee was placed under bond on a charge of wounding an attache of the Peruvian legation. John Gavin a switchman was crushed to death at Mobile. The General Assembly of Southern Presbyterians appointed a committee to consider the Charlotte articles of agreement.
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Charles A. Edwards
Congressional Committee
Bond
John Gavin
Mobile
General Assembly of Southern
Charlotte
Automobiles and Road Wear In Connecticut Report
State Highway Commission report by James H. MacDonald discusses auto impact on roads. It notes rapid motor use, 4000 licenses issued since 1908, and that macadam roads suffer greater wear due to high speeds. Sprinkling neglected, moisture loss, and the car’s suction strip away surface protections, causing loosened stones and costly repairs.
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James H. MacDonald
Connecticut
United States
Secretary of State
From humble beginnings to a future leader Moses
A sermon on Moses as a model of how humble homes breed leaders. It contrasts Moses upbringing in palace luxury with his concern for the oppressed, notes the dangers of class discord among workers, and urges embracing wise counsel over patronage to nurture future leadership.
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Moses
Empire
Pharaoh
Wolfien
Smith's blood research advances may identify blood type
Prof Theobald Smith of the Bussy Institution Boston pursues studies on blood corpuscles and personal equations in blood. European scientists credit his work and foresee a time when science could positively determine blood type and origin beyond general blood distinctions.
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Theobald Smith
Bussy Institution
Boston
Smith
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Gulf Quasit
Plan Training School
Automobile Freight Line
Memorial
Very Truly
Theodore Roosevelt
Prince
Chicago
L. W. Henderson
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