Lee Birthday Observances Across the South Mark Confederate Remembrance
Across the South on General Robert E. Lee's birthday, towns from New Orleans to Georgia held commemorations with United Daughters of the Confederacy distributing crosses of honor to veterans. Observances included memorial exercises at Washington and Lee University and at multiple Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina cities.
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New Orleans
Robert E. Lee
South
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Montgomery
Ala
Gene
Dama City
Noble Southron
Knoxville
Tenn
General Lee
Mobile
Confederateooleties
Raphael Semmes
Jones M Withers
Georgia
Atlanta
Augusta
Macon
Savannah
Richmond
Roanoke
Norfolk
Virginia
Old Dominion
Washington and Lee University
Legington
Charleston
Columbia
South Carolina
Raleigh
North Carolina
Model Building on Union Square Fireproofed In Plan
A seventeen story mercantile structure on Union Square north side pursues absolute fireproof design. Steel frame with cement mortar outer columns hollow terra cotta inner columns terra cotta floors arches and partitions. Hollow metal window frames wire glass stair risers cast iron treads six inch hollow tile elevator shafts six inch walls sprinkler system automatic fire alarm and floor clocks aim to prevent major blazes.
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Greg Morning
New York
Jan
Union Square
Chinese Ambassador Sails Home After US Visit
Tang Shao Yi, China’s ambassador, sailed from New York for Europe on January 18 to thank the President for Boxer indemnity remission. He will visit European capitals, travel overland via the Siberian railway, and expects to reach Peking next summer.
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New York
Tang Shao Yi
United States
Europe
Peking
Poe Centenary Observances Mark Poe Birth Across Cities
Baltimore marks the centenary of Edgar Allan Poe with services at Johns Hopkins University McCoy hall. Dr. Trent of Columbia University delivered the principal address praising Poe's lasting contributions to literature.
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Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe
McCoy Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Trent
Columbia University
Poe
Poe Centenary Observances Across Nation Highlight Boston
Boston marked the centenary of Edgar Allan Poe with events under the International Poe Association. Exercises at the Poe cottage in Fordham New York and nationwide tributes honored the American author’s memory and genius.
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Boston
Europe
Edgar Allan Poe
International Poe Association
Fordham
N. Y
Earthquake Near Smyrna Reported with Fatalities
An earthquake near Smyrna on Tuesday morning caused houses to collapse and three deaths. Reports from Phocaca, 25 miles away, note further building damage in nearby towns. Meanwhile American battleships Louisiana and Virginia lay in Smyrna harbor.
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Smyrna
Phocaca
Louisiana
Virginia
Marry Again in Alabama For Second Ceremony
Lum Jack a Chinaman and Miss Alice Patton of Meridian, Miss., married in Livingston Alabama after a Meridian ceremony was set aside by courts. The groom runs a laundry and the couple, previously wed ten days earlier, repeated the ceremony in Alabama where such union was allowed.
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Livingston, Ala
Lum Jack
Alice Patton
Meridian
Miss
Lum
Alabama
Roosevelt action over anti Japanese bills in California
Sacramento Union reports President Roosevelt asked Governor Murphy to delay all anti Japanese legislation until he can be heard. A telegram from Saturday and a forthcoming letter outline the president's views on the measures targeting the Japanese community.
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Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento Union
Roosevelt
California
West Virginia jails report mass escape and wardens wife attacked
Four Weston inmates fled the lockup, with two escaping from Moundsville and two from Charleston. A West Virginia jail escape spree ended with the warden’s wife beaten and in serious condition.
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Pittsburg
Weston
W. Va
Moundsville
Charleston
Jail term first under new law in Waxahachie
In Waxahachie Texas on January 19 Sam Jones a negro received sixty days in jail and a $67 fine for carrying a revolver marking the first jail sentence under the county's new gun law.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Sam Jones
Death of Charles Henry Gilman Father of Mabelle Corey
Charles Henry Gilman died in San Francisco on Monday from heart failure. He was the father of Mabelle Gill man Corey, wife of W B Corey, president of United States Steel Corporation.
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San Francisco
Charles Henry Gilman
Mabelle Gillman Corey
W. B Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Cummins Elected U S Senator in Des Moines
Cummins won the United States Senate seat in Des Moines Iowa Chandler Porter carried the Democratic votes in the contest.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
United States
Chandler Porter
Gore Again Chosen Receives Large Majority in Each House
Guthrie January 19 Both senate and house which are overwhelmingly Democratic in each branch balloted separately for United States senator. Senator Gore received the straight party vote in each house. Dennis Flynn former territorial delegate from Oklahoma received Republican votes.
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Guthrie
Senate
Englree
United States
Ator
Gore
Dennis Flynn
Territorial
Oklahoma
Penrose to Return to Senate for Third Term
Harrisburg report states Boies Penrose will again represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. Cast by both houses on Tuesday, the vote confirms his six year term beginning March 4. Penrose, a Philadelphia lawyer and veteran public figure since 1884, will serve his third term.
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Harrisburg
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Philadelphia
Oil firm seeks rehearing after court decision
Washington January 19. An oil company filed a motion for rehearing seeking to overturn a court ruling. Details remain sparse as officials review the case and whether further action is warranted.
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Washington
W. Oil Company
aters-Pierce Ys
Mineworkers Meet Opens Twentieth UMWA Convention
Indianapolis January 19 The twentieth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened in Tomlinson hall with about 1200 delegates present. The gathering will run for two weeks.
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Indianapolis
the United Mineworkers of America
Tomlnson Hall
Personal appearance entrepreneur dies by suicide at Coney Island hotel
New York on January 19 John H Woodbury a facial deformities specialist and personal appearance practitioner killed himself in a Coney Island hotel shooting himself in the head and abdomen The death appears connected to lawsuits alleging harmful treatments against him by several plaintiffs
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New York
John H. Woodbury
Coney Island
Express official shot in Chattanooga office dispute
Chattanooga on January 19 reports Henry Kropp, assistant auditor for the Southern Express, was shot twice by coworker T. J. Birdsong in the city general office. Both bullets grazed Kropp. Birdsong then beat him with the pistol, causing painful but nonfatal injuries after a heated argument.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry Kropp
Southern Express Company
T. J. Birdsong
Birdson
Kropp
Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Attacked in Waco Home
The fifteen-year-old daughter of E. H. Bruyers was assaulted by a Black man at her Waco home Tuesday night but escaped. At the same time former Mississippi Governor Vardaman spoke to a local audience about attacks on white women by Negroes.
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Waco
E. H. Bruyers
Vardaman
Mississippi
Fire destroys several Terrell business houses
Terrell Texas January 19 fire destroyed several business houses causing more than 15000 dollars in damage.
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Terrell, Tex
Senate and House Pass Bills and Hearings Scheduled
Austin reports a flurry of bill activity with the Senate advancing measures including an independent school district at the agricultural and mechanical college and bills for city charters at Austin and Waco. Committee work is set for Feb. 4 on canal regulation, and lawmakers introduce asylum, tax and governance proposals while public concerns over alcohol and veteran pensions appear in House actions.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Austin and
Waco Commission
Senate Committee On Mining and Irrigation Work
Stokes
Senator Halsey
Senate
Paulus
South
Texas
Hudspeth
Masterson
United States
Galveston
Perkins
North Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Terrell
Bowie
Board of Optometry
Gilmore
Cathey
Cherokee
Gorman
Baker
Hood
Byrne
von Rosenberg
Haxthausen
Baskin-McGregor
Westbrook
Watson
South Texas
Ralston
Campbell and Davidson Take Oath of Office in Texas
In a joint session at Austin on January 19, Governor T. M. Campbell and Lieutenant Governor A. B. Davidson were sworn in by Associate Justice Brown. Campbell pledged loyalty to Texas and denounced anti-public interest factions, while Davidson thanked supporters. inaugural events lasted under thirty minutes as Judge Mike Smith resigned in Fort Worth on December 31 without giving a reason.
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House
Senate
T. M. Campbell
A. B. Davidson
Brown
Supreme Court
Campbell
Kennedy
Texas
Davidson
Terrell
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