Aspirants Activity Signals Early Mississippi Campaign
Jackson Mississippi September 8 aspirants for state offices begin to emerge with a crowded field for next year. Governorship campaigns show notable activity as Noel McClurg Vardaman and Kincannon press on while Harrison seeks to expand influence. Minor offices draw strong bids from Henry for State Auditor Maxwell for Insurance Commissioner Power and others for Secretary of State.
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Messrs
Noel
McClurg
Vardaman
Kincannon
Harrison
T. M. Henry
T. B. Maxwell
DeSoto
W. Q. Cole
J. W. Power
S. A. Jonas
O. Eckford
Aberdeen
L. Pink Smith
Greenlville
Wm. Williams
H. L. Whitfield
Treasuryship
Mississippi
Jacob H. Sharpe
Lowndes
Gen. Sharpe
Franklin
J. J. Coman
Longino
J. C. Kincannon
McIunis
May
Little Child Killed When Falls From Chair
Port Gibson Miss Sept 8 A six year old daughter of Aren Jones was playing on the gallery at his home near Hermanville when she fell over a chair and died John Moore a farmer found four thousand dollars while demolishing an old dwelling near Hermanville
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Port Gibson
Miss
Aren Jones
Hermanville
John Moore
Negro Prisoner Escapes From Macon Jail
Macon Mississippi September 8 sheriff Clark of Noxubee county sent out a description of Charley Orr a Negro prisoner who made a smooth escape from the Macon jail several days ago Orr was given liberty while in the jail he worked at a tunnel under the floor and slipped away in the night leaving no address behind
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Macon
Miss
Clark
Noxabse County
Charley Orr
Orr
Not Believed Confession in Lafayette County Murder
Oxford Mississippi September 8 The signed confession of Will Matthis in the Lafayette county murder is not trusted and not seen as truthful. It shifts blame to Orlando Lester while questioning William Jackson's role and life sentence. Jackson's wife is in an insane hospital after his trial, based on Lester's testimony, deemed perjured.
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Oxford
Miss
Will Matthis
Lafayette County
Orlando Lester
Matthix
William Jackson
Jackson
Lester
Road work orders issued across Mississippi counties
Starkville Sept 8 reports counties issuing special orders to road overseers to thoroughly work public highways and improve districts before autumn rains. The good roads movement lacks momentum in Mississippi with the Good Roads Association dormant while some counties adopt contract road law tests. Oktibbeha is the latest county to form a committee to implement plans.
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Starkville
Miss
Boards of Supervisors
Mississippi
Good Roads Association
Oktibbeha
Mississippi Judicial Vacancies Signal Reform Wave
Three Mississippi judicial posts open as incumbents face resignation pressure. Vacancies exist for Chancellor Adam Byrd and District Attorneys B. G. Humphreys and W. B. Hill, with five to six hopefuls per seat. A legislative vacancy arises from H. E. J. Bowers's Congress bid, not needing a special election soon. Greenville reports delta county boards raising uncleared land valuations to spur development and attract homeseekers.
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Mississippi
Adam Byrd
B. G. Humphreys
W. 8. Hill
H. E. J. Bowers
Congress
Mississippi Reverend Resigns in Porto Rico Mission
Rev. E Sterling Green a Mississippian who served as rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal church in Ponce Porto Rico has resigned and will return to Winona early next month He was sent to Porto Rico after its transfer to the United States and is said to have done much good among the natives.
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Winona
Miss
E. Sterling Green
Porto Rico
Clara
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Ponce
Green
United States
Retirement of Gen. Forwood Ends His Army Career
Washington Sept 6 Surgeon General William H Forwood will be placed on the retired list tomorrow after more than forty years of service He headed the medical department after Brig Gen Sternberg retired A Delaware native and Penn medical graduate he joined the regular army in 1861 and earned praise for gallantry and coolness under fire during the Civil War as he tended the wounded amid shelling.
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Washington, D. C
William H. Forwood
Army
Forwood
Medical Department
Sternberg
Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Forwood's Successor Col Robert Maitland O'Reilly
Washington Sept 6 The new surgeon general of the United States Army is Colonel Robert Maitland O Reilly who succeeds to the honor tomorrow on General Forwood's retirement for age. O Reilly was chosen by the President for chief medical officer due to high professional standing and popularity among officers and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Maitland O’reilly
Washington
United States Army
Forwood
O’ Reilly
Shaw Will Not Issue Bonds
Washington reports the treasury department plans no steps to issue the forty million Panama bonds authorized by the last Congress. The Secretary sees no chance to place them under the par sale rule and the 1 percent annual circulation tax. The next Congress will be asked to place them on equal footing with other U S bonds.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Shaw
United States
Roosevelt Breaks Silence on Coal Strike Hopeful for Republican Equity
Philadelphia date Sept 6 Roosevelt ends silence on coal strike saying settlement possible and that Republican leaders in Pennsylvania Quay and Stone hold the key. He denies politics in the issue and hopes Republican principles will guide a fair settlement.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Quay and
Stone
Pennsylvania
Kanawha Miners to Return to Work After Local Strike
Charleston W Va Sept 6 The Kanawha and New River coal fields strike involving about fifteen thousand miners since June 7 ends as each local union orders members to return to work on the best terms possible, despite others actions. Technologists' Convention Philadelphia Sept 6 German American Technologists gather for eighteenth annual convention with informal reception tonight and Atlantic City trip tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawaha
New River
Technologists
Philadelphia
National Association of German-American Technologists
Atlantic City
Naval fleet sightings near Newport harbor alarm New London
Army spies report to General McArthur that battleship rumors place the Indiana Alabama and assets headed for Newport harbor. The signal station says this is only part of a fleet leaving Brook Island with another attack on the Newport forts anticipated today.
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New London
McArthur
Feor
Favor County Convicts Farm Plan Urged by Copiah Farmers
Hazlehurst Miss Sept 6 Copiah County farmers in mass meeting condemn leasing convicts to a contractor and urge purchase of a small farm to employ convicts under county supervision for agricultural work. The system has boosted revenue and potential tax relief, with state convicts already farming cotton and corn. Macon Miss Sept 6 Gus Bush case to be appealed to the Supreme Court after his murder conviction. rapid trial promised, while Noxubee jury reports brutality by government mail carriers and rising violence toward females.
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Hazlehurst
Miss
Copiah
Macon
Gus Bush
Noxubee County
Supreme Court
Bush
Back Taxes Report Finds Delinquent Solvent Credits
State Revenue Agent Adams reports Deputy Johnson found delinquent assessable property in Claiborne county totaling 487123 dollars with all claims adjusted satisfactorily. Only one case required court action, delinquents agreeing to settle out of court when claims were proven well founded in law.
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Ouu
U Jackson
Miss
State Revenue
Adams
Johnson
Claiborne County
Day of Prayer Observed for Presbyterian Colleges in the South
Jackson Miss Sept 6 Pursuant to a resolution by the Presbyterian general assembly the 14th day of September will be observed as a day of prayer for colleges and schools in all Presbyterian churches and homes in the South The observance does not interfere with the February day for the same purpose and follows a request from the National Reform Association.
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Jackson
Miss
Presbyterian General Assembly
Presbyterian
South
National Reform Association
Respite and Pardon Granted by Acting Governor
Jackson Mississippi September 6 Acting Governor Harrison has granted respites to Mathis and Lester until September 24. A W McClelland of Yazoo City, an embezzler, was pardoned.
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Mathis Lester
McClelland
Jackson
Miss
Harrison
Mathis
Lester
A. W. McClelland
Yazoo City
New York Yacht Club Opens Talks for Ninety Foot Sloop
Bristol Sept 6 members of the New York Yacht Club began negotiations with the Herraschoffs to place an order for a ninety feet sloop to defend the America s Cup. The article notes expected new features in the sloop construction.
Cassava Plant Study Commissioned in Mississippi
Prof. 8 M Tracy, ex director of the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, has been commissioned by the Department of Agriculture to study the cassava plant. He will spend about three months examining its food properties and potential to supplement corn for livestock, with a book to follow. The plant, native to Cuba and the West Indies, has seen limited Mississippi cultivation and thrives best in Florida and along southern coasts.
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Starkville
Miss
M. Tracy
Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station
Government Department of Agriculture
South
Cuba
West Indies
Tracy
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Floridas
Ammunition sent to Mississippi National Guard units
Jackson Mississippi September 6 Adjutant General orders supplies of ball cartridges to commanding officers for instant field service in case of riot or protection lynching with each company allowed one thousand rounds. Previously guardsmen did not receive dangerous ammunition except on special requisition.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi National Guard
Insurance Question Shifts Cotton Risk Views
In Jackson Mississippi on September 6 authorities note belief that insurers bluff about withholding cotton risks unless the valued policy clause is repealed. The idea gains traction as a major old line company secretly accepts cotton risks bypassing local agents. Prospects for a special legislative session appear remote.
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Jackson
Miss
Portraits of Governors for Mississippi History Walls
Jackson Mississippi September 6 Hon Dunbar Rowland director of the Mississippi department of archives and history expects to secure authentic oil paintings of all Mississippi governors from George Winthrop Sargent to the present time. He is in correspondence with descendants of former rulers and many have assured portraits will be furnished for the new capital building displays.
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Dunbar Rowland
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Mississippi
Geo. Winthrop Sargent
Department of History
Capital
Commonwealth
Moonshiner Captured in Calhoun County
Oxford Mississippi September 6 Deputy United States Marshal H H Rainey captured Tom Castiner for making illicit whisky in Calhoun county and lodged him in jail here last night Castiner had been wanted for some time and his capture is seen as a major step toward breaking the moonshine operation in the county.
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Oxford
Miss
United States
H. H. Rainey
Tom “Castiner
Calhoun County
Castiner
Race Over the Ocean Forst Bismarck and Philadelphia
London dispatch reports the Hamburg liner Foerst Bismarck and the American liner Philadelphia sailing simultaneously with full coal and crews to pursue a record Atlantic crossing.
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Foerst Bismarck
Philadelphia
London
Hamburg
Atlantic
Sinking of Crete A Pierrot Raises International Tensions
Washington reports Germany may use the sinking of the Haytien gunboat Crete A Pierrot by Panther as a lever to curry favor with the Haytien provisional government and secure a coal station, amid fears of German expansion in South America and the West Indies after the seizure of arms bound for Hayti.
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Washington
Haytien
A. Pierrot
Panther
Genaives
Markomannia
Germany
South America
West Indies
United States
Beginning of 18th Week of Coal Strike Deepens Impasse
Wilkesbarre reports the eighteenth week of the coal strike with predictions and reports tangled. Operators remain unyielding, mining about twenty thousand tons daily, a pace seen as likely to pressure settlement. Workers resist while outside financial aid continues.
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Wilkesbarre
Cotton Crop Progress in Mississippi Despite Labor Shortage
Cotton picking in Mississippi is brisk with fields and gins active though labor remains scarce and high wages are paid in some areas. Observers expect a normal yield around 1,300,000 bales and a general average despite forecasts below earlier expectations. Farmers complain about low cotton seed prices with oil mills paying around 10 dollars per ton.
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Mississippi
Escaped Convict Captured Near Columbus Georgia
Traveling Sergeant Henry of the Mississippi penitentiary returned from Columbus with the escaped convict R H Hall. Hall, educated and skilled as a bookkeeper, had eluded capture for about fourteen months after escaping first in Oklahoma. He was recaptured in Georgia under a requisition from Governor Longino and will be kept under close surveillance.
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Jackson, Miss
Henry
Penitentiary
Columbus
Georgia
R. H. Hall
Mississippi
Longino
Hall
Oklahoma
Vicksburg Party Stays Briefly in Washington
A party from Vicksburg Mississippi visits Washington on a pleasure trip. Members include Mrs M F Smith Mr O O Smith and Misses MoO Smith Lonie Smith L E Wilson and Marion Moore. They make Metropolitan Hotel their headquarters during their stay.
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Washington
Vicksburg
Mississippi
M. F. Smith
O. O. Smith
Moo. Smith
Lonie Smith
L. E. Wilson
Marion Moore
Metropolitan Hotel
Pickets Kill Two Miners Near Wilkes Barre
In Wilkes Barre on September 8 striking miners Portsay and Vanoostelio were mistaken for armed Union men. Pickets attacked Portsay, leaving him insensible and likely to die, and murdered Vanoostelio outright. The incident fuels fears of renewed violence and anti Italian sentiment.
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Wilkenbarre
Frank Portsay
Sistino Vanocssello
Portsay
Vanoostelio
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Greenville
Delta
Gen. Forwood
Favor County
Copiah County
DAY OF Prayer
Presbyterians
THE
Herreschoff PS
Prof
Grenada
Lamkin Plantation
Grenada County
Henry Darke
Robert Black
State Guard
Vicksburgers
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