Oil Fields Boom Across South With Record Shipments
Correspondence reports rising oil output in Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Beaumont and Sour Lake shipments reach 1.5 million barrels in September with 800,100 by tank steamer and barge to New York and other ports. Sour Lake supplies 15,000 barrels daily to Southern Pacific. Jennings Line ships two trains to Louisiana sugar planters. The Pectau carries 75,000 barrels to England, the largest Texas oil cargo yet. Kentucky and Tennessee show steady production growth. Barboursville reports new pools and a hundred wells completed in September, with notable gains in Wayne and Steubenville areas. Towns grow, land leases rise, and investment concentrates in oil centers.
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Baltimore
South
Beaumont
Tex
Sour Lake
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
New York
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Port Tampa
Fla
Plymouth
England
Southern Pacific
Jenning
Jennings
Louisiana
Texas
Pectau
Shell Transport and Trading Company of London
Guaffay
Kentucky-Teenessee
Barboursville
Wayne County
Steubensville
Richland
Grain withdrawal eyed from steamship rate list
New York reports a plan to remove grain from the rate list used by London and Liverpool lines for Atlantic ports after a meeting of line representatives recommended the withdrawal. In New Jersey, former President Cleveland and his wife seek a winter cottage at Lakewood for Mrs. Cleveland’s health after the birth of their child, Franks Grover.
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New York
London
Liverpool
Atlantic
Women of Wealth Propose Domestic Guild in New York
A group of wealthy women launch the Woman's Domestic Guild to provide vetted servants to households for a moderate fee. Members receive club room access and practical lectures, with behavior rules and yearly prizes for service anniversaries.
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New York
Woman’s Domestic Guild
Cane Rush at Washburn College Ends in Fracas
In Topeka Kansas the Washburn College chapel hosted a color filled cane rush between freshmen and sophomores. About 500 spectators watched as thirty five sophomores sought to dislodge forty freshmen from the platform. Tables chairs and the president's chair were overturned hats torn eyes blackened and clashes persisted for about twenty minutes before faculty restored order.
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Topeka, Kas
Washburn College Chapel
Message in a Bottle Signals Long Voyage From Pacific
Found on a New York beach, a note from shipwrecked sailors aboard Brig Helvetia II says they were wrecked in the South Pacific near Fiji on July 21, 1902. The document asks for relief for party eight and bears the name Martin the mate, with no record of the Helvetia II.
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New York
New Rochelle
N. Y
Pacific Ocean
Thesea
South Pacific Ocean
Fiji Island
Helvetia II
Martin
Helvetia EL
Purnell Sees No Yellow Fever Outside Laredo
Dr J H Purnell sent by the United States Surgeon General reports no yellow fever outside Laredo in the sparsely settled country along the infected district. Localities enforce strict quarantines and the late season with a vigilant guard reduces any spread risk.
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Laredo
Tex
J. H. Purnell
Vicksburg
United States
Purnell
Purrell Beleves
WAS NOT HIS WIFE
Dr Albert Mix John stone is quoted as having admitted that Marie Dayton Mrs John stone is not his wife and is in the Tombs on the charge of robbing the United States Playing Card Company of a large sum A woman claimed to be his wife but Johnstone said he intended to marry Miss Layton after divorce He admitted no divorce yet.
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New York
Albert Mix Johnstone
Marie Dayton
Johnstone
United State
Playing Card Company
Miss Layton
White House
Jerry
Wah
Noted naval engineer Daigh declared insane in Chicago court
Charles A Daigh once a government consulting engineer in Clyde ship yards has been declared insane at the Detention Hospital court. He earned national renown as an engineer and inventor and served as a consulting engineer on battleships Indiana Kearsarge and Kentucky.
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Chicago
Charles A. Daigh
United States
Clyde Shipyards
Daigh
Indiana
Kearsarge
Kentucky
On the Verge of Hostilities in Far East
Reports from Shanghai and Berlin claim Japanese forces occupy Mazanoho and Russian troops move toward Corea. Russian fleet activity and troop landings in various fronts stir Britain and Italy, while London notes no confirmation from its foreign office despite public agitation and alliance tensions.
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Mikado
Mazanoho
England
London
Foreign Office
Baron Hayashi
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Far East
Jealousy Motive Cited in Fatal Shooting in Asheville
In Asheville a 15 year old African American girl Minnie Wilson’s suitor Bob Bostic 14 shot 12 year old Charles Doby after jealousy was alleged. Doby died and inquest testimony said the shooting was not accidental.
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Asheville
N. C
Minnie Wilson
Charles Doby
Bob Bostic
Wilson
Young Doby
Bostic
Missouri man shoots visiting sister in law near Gravisville
Ellen Borden, divorced wife of John Brockaw serving a penitentiary term for murder, was killed by 80 year old farmer John Meyers near Gravisville while visiting her sister Mrs Cal Bradshaw. Meyers was arrested.
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John Brockaw
John Meyers
Gravisville
Meyers
Cal Bradshaw
Russia Maintains Grip in New Chwang Builds Forts
Russian authorities advance extensive government construction at New Chwang Manchuria and add a gunboat while evacuation of Northern Manchuria stalls. In Chicago a special Santa Fe train carries U S senators and congressmen to assess statehood prospects in New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma for Hearst’s party.
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Russia
New Chwang
Manchuria
Chicago
United States
William R. Hearst
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
New Cabinet Assumes Duties at Buckingham Palace
King Edward held a privy council at Buckingham Palace where the new cabinet ministers exchanged seals of office. All retiring officials attended except the Duke of Devonshire and Arnold Foster. Foster was indisposed and Devonshire later had a private audience with the King.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Devonshire
Arnold Foster
Waco Street Cars Resume With Nonunion Force
Waco Texas street car company resumes limited service using non union men and plans to expand fall crews in a few days. No major disturbances occurred aside from a few cries of scab and only a handful of strikers remaining on the street, with noticeably light patronage.
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Waco
Texas
Secret Session Opens Arbitration Panel in London
The Alaska boundary arbitration enters final phase as commissioners meet in secret session to study verdict. They will sit daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until a decision is reached.
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London
Knapp Case Appealed In Ohio Court
Alfred Knapp condemned to death for murdering his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp appealed to the circuit court on error. The transcript was filed three hours before the end of the forty day filing period.
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Knapp
Hamilton
Ohio
Alfred Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Circuit Court
Death in collapse at Nashville prison brick yard
Three men were trapped under a falling clay bank at the state prison brick yards in Nashville. Edi Jennings, a black convict, died from his injuries. Oley Demoss, a guard, suffered both legs broken. Sandy Benton, another prisoner, was slightly injured.
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Nashville, Tenne
Edi Jennings
Oley Demoss
Sandy Benton
Archbishop Kain Dying in Baltimore Coma State
Archbishop Jno Joseph Kain of St. Louis is listed as comatose at St Agnes Sanitarium in Baltimore with death expected at any hour. The report notes his critical condition as mourners and attendants brace for his passing.
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Baltimore
Jno Joseph Kain
St. Louis
St. Agnes Eanitarium
Stirring Washington tale and prize money delay
A garbled Washington dispatch reports a flag mishap at the White House caused by porter Jerry, then details on Admiral Dewey prize money, government appointments and resignations, agriculture reports on corn and wheat yields, Manchuria talks with China, and a boxing career end as Mexican Pete retires to police work in Salt Lake City.
Reducing Municipalities to Cut Island Government Costs
A commission is engaged in reducing the number of municipalities across provinces on the island. The effort aims to greatly cut government expenses and streamline administration.
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Manila
Receiver's Report Confirmed in Oliver Refining Case
Judge Waddell of the United States circuit court confirms the receivers report in the Oliver Refining Company case at Norfolk Virginia. The order states that after payment to certain creditors the receivers shall surrender the property of Oliver Refining Company to the company.
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Norfolk
Waddell
United States Circuit Court
Oliver Refining Company
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Kojima
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de St. Petersburg
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Hearst
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War Department
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Arthur Calvo
West Point
Calvo
James G. Steese
William A. Gance
Newbury
Steese
Gance
Chen Tung Liang Cheng
Hay
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Payne
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