Victoria Memorial Unveiling Amid Royal Pageantry in London
The Victoria Memorial was unveiled in London with pomp and high honors. King George VI and Queen Mary of England, Emperor William and the German empress attended, walking from Buckingham Palace to the memorial site amid soldiers marines and mounted police. A surveillance squad guarded against archists as royals stood on a dais in Victoria Gardens. Princess Victoria of Prussia and other royals followed closely in a scene of regal ceremony.
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Queen Victoria
London
George
Mary
England
William
Germany
Buckingham Palace
Scotland Yard
Frost
Victoria Gardens
Emperor William
Victoria
Prussia
Revised 1910 Cotton Acreage and Yield Figures
The Department of Agriculture revises the 1910 cotton area to about 88.418 million acres from 33.196 million. The 1910 yield is estimated at 170.7 pounds per acre and 32,304 acres were picked. These figures will base the June 2 acreage estimate for this year.
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Department of Agriculture
Bribery Charge Moves in Lorimer Senate Inquiry
Springfield dispatch reports the Illinois Senate adopts a 39 to 10 resolution urging the U S senate to press the investigation into William Lorimer’s Senate seat. Evidence links Edward Hines and Edward Tilden to a $100000 corruption fund used to buy votes, with Tilden facing contempt for refusing to testify.
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Springfield
Ill
William Lorimer
United States Senate
State Senate
Edward Hines
Edward Tilden
Beef Trust
Senate
Lorimer
Edelor Petit
Chicago
Tilden
Governor Hoke Smith Secures Funds for UGA and Education
Governor elect Hoke Smith, returning from a New York meeting, announced a $50,000 appropriation from the Peabody fund for the University of Georgia to build and equip the teachers college. An extra $5,000 will fund agricultural lectures for the State Board of Education starting July 1, aiding farmers gatherings statewide. He plans a conference of county school commissioners and boards of education after inauguration to plan large educational gatherings.
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Hoke Smith
Washington
Peabody Fund
New York
University of Georgia
Teachers’ College
State Board of Education
Departments of Agriculture
Smith
Boards of Education
Southern Baptists Meet in Jacksonville Delegates Study Next Presidency
Delegates to the Southern Baptist convention gathered in Jacksonville, Florida this week with about 2000 expected in attendance. Several candidates for the presidency circulated, with Dr. B D Gray of Atlanta a likely winner. Bids for the next convention favored a western city west of the Mississippi River.
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Jacksonville
Southern Baptist Convention
Fla
B. D. Gray
Atlanta
Mississippi River
Supreme Court Orders Dissolution of Standard Oil Octopus
After months of deliberation the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and nineteen subsidiaries a conspiracy in restraint of trade and monopolizing interstate commerce in violation of the Sherman Act. The dissolution must occur within six months. Justice Harlan dissents regarding the meaning of undue restraint of trade.
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Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Harlan
Congress
Cotton Short Sparks Market Hype in New Orleans
Frank B. Hayne, a New Orleans cotton buyer and leader, declares a shortage of cotton with mills at risk. He offers to buy 200,000 bales of May and July and bids a higher price than exchange quotes for all cotton in the city, predicting continued rise as global supply remains tight.
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Frank B. Hayne
New Orleans
Macon Man Ends Life With Morphine Stab At 46
Charles Bailey 46 a gambler from Macon Georgia died after taking morphine in his room His funeral was held at Hart s Chapel Macon with his Americus brother in attendance A farewell note to his mother and a request to his brother were found The note to his mother spoke of meeting in the sweet by and by and he asked his brother Walter to ensure the death was certain before burial
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Lost Cause
Little Rock
Convention of
Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Old South
Geo. W. Gordon
Memphis
Tenn
Donaghey
Arkansas
United Confederate Veterans
Macon
Charles Bailey
Hart's Chapel
Americus
Bailey
Hi Anteer
Walter Bailey
Labor Leaders Escape Sentences in Supreme Court Action
The U S Supreme Court set aside contempt sentences against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison leaders of the American Federation of Labor in the Buck Stove case leaving lower courts the power to reopen contempt proceedings though that likely will not be exercised.
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Gompers
Morrison
Mitchell
Washington Dispatch
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
Buck’s Stove and Range Company
Federation
Lynching of John McLeod After Jail Escape in Emanuel County
A negro, John McLeod, was dragged from Emanuel County jail twenty minutes after Deputy Wood died and hanged by a mob. The body was shot and left hanging from a tree. Hidden keys to the jail aided the escape. no identifyable perpetrators, coroner's inquest returns death as caused by unknown parties.
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Wood
John McLeod
Emanuel County
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