Statement by Mr Macrum on Durban censor and Pretoria
Charles E. Macrum, former United States consul to Pretoria, issues a Washington statement detailing his claim that English censor at Durban opened official dispatches and hindered American interests. He accuses Secretary Hay of delaying action and of being aligned with British interests while reporting failures of the department.
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Washington
Charles E. Macrum
United States
Pretoria
South Africa
Department of State
State Department
Americana
Transvaal
van Ameringen
Cape Town
Stowe
Department
Atterbury
Menany
Dement
Hay
Naples
America
Great Britain
Durban
Pam
Taylor Sues Beckham Over Adjutant General Duties
In Louisville circuit court Governor Taylor seeks to restrain J C W Beckham from discharging adjutant general duties. The suit filed by Taylor acts in his personal and gubernatorial capacities. A judge will be assigned by drawing and a hearing date to be set later.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Taylor
J. C. W. Beckham
British Army Enters Boer Frontier Across Magerfontein
London dispatches say Lord Roberts with about 40 000 infantry 7 000 cavalry and 150 guns has breached the Magerfontein lines and moved onto Boer territory. The relief of Kimberley seems near and Bloemfontein in sight as French cavalry cleared Riet river crossings and opened the way for 20 000 infantry and 72 guns to support the advance.
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Lord Roberts
Magerfontein
Kimberly
Bloemfontein
Hannay
Ramah
Riet
Jacobsdal
French
Dekil’s Drift
Jacobsdale
Honey Nest Kloof
Modder
Crovje
Senate Debates On Financial Bill Turn Spirited In Session
The senate spent Wednesday debating the financial bill with periods of spirited discussion. A late test vote suggested a majority in favor of passage, while an amendment by Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire to authorize the president to appoint commissioners to any international bimetallic conference was defeated 45 to 25.
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Senate
Chandler
New Hampshire
Chattahoochee River Recedes Damages Coloumbus Mills
The Chattahoochee River at Columbus Georgia stood still Tuesday night and by noon Wednesday had fallen three feet. Estimated damage to the North Highlands dam the Eagle and Phenix mills extension and the new wharf will be significant though exact totals await normal water levels. Sevens will foot way into the thousands.
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Chattahoochee
Columbus
North Highlands
Eagle and Phenix
Platform calls for government ownership of railroads and direct legislation
After a heated Chicago debate the resolution committee of the anti trust conference reported in favor of government ownership of railroads and seizure at actual value. It endorsed direct popular legislation and withdrawal of protective tariffs from trust controlled articles. The platform attacks the Standard Oil trust and urges nationwide public protests against the currency bill, with mass meetings and a memorial to the Senate.
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Resolution Committee
Anti-Trust Conference
Chicago
Lockwood
Antitrust League
William J. Bryan
Standard Oil Trust
Beef Trust
John P. Altgeld
F. 8. Monnett
Samuel M. Jones
John P. Crosby
George Fred Williams
Tom L. Johnson
Judge Fleming
Kentucky
Congress
United States Senate
Southern Progress Adds Widely Varied Industries Across States
The Tradesman reports a surge of new industries in the region, listing ventures from acetylene gas and automobile manufacturing in Virginia to brick works in Tennessee and coal mines spanning Arkansas and West Virginia. Also noted are textile, metal, lumber, oil and gas operations, mills, factories, mines, and electrical works across multiple Southern states, reflecting broad industrial growth.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Bridge Works
Alabama
North Carolina
Arkansas
West Virginia
Texas
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Gardnen
Ee Texas
Irrigation Com Texas
Florida
Gia
Natural
Plantas
Mississippi
Ijnia
Oaennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Supreme Court election contest case appears in Cincinnati
Attorney H. B. Mackey with ex Governor Bradley and other attorneys filed notice Thursday before United States Circuit Judge William F Taft. The petition claims lack of federal jurisdiction and that appeals rested on that ground only.
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H. B. Mackey
Bradley
Kentucky
United States Circuit
William F. Taft
Cincinnati
Frick Files Equity Suit Against Carnegie and Carnegie Steel
Henry Clay Frick sues in Allegheny County alleging wrongful ouster from leadership and seeks a decree nullifying a transfer of his Carnegie Steel interests. The case details Frick’s 6 percent stake, Carnegie’s 58 percent, and alleged secret efforts to undervalue Frick’s share.
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Pittsburg
Henry Clay Frick
Court of Common Pleas No. 1
Allegheny County
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
Willis Cook
Frick
Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited
Edgar Thompson Steel Rail
Braddock Township
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Limited
Carnegie
Frick, Phipps
Taft Denies Preliminary Injunction in Kentucky Cases
In Cincinnati, Judge Taft rules no injunction to block removal of Kentucky officials. He says office is a trust not property and that remedy lies in quo warranto or legal action. appeals may go to the U.S. Supreme Court if state courts decide a federal question. Governor Taylor vows to exhaust all legal remedies.
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Circuit Court of the United States
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Bradley
United States
Taft
Court of Equity
Supreme Court of the United States
Taylor
Taylor Reverses Stance and Vows Legislature Safe
A Democratic legislative committee visiting Louisville to assess security for a Frankfort return refused talks with Adjutant General Collier and Governor Taylor and used Custodian Thompson as intermediary. They demanded soldiers be removed for a return, seeking a personal bodyguard. Taylor declined but guaranteed the legislature would not be molested.
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Taylor
Frankfort
Louisville
Collier
Thompson
Cotton at eight and half cents in Columbus
Cotton sold for eight cents in Columbus Georgia on Tuesday and was hard to obtain at that price. The sharp rise in New York prompted buyers to hesitate at eight and a quarter to eight and a half cents, with few sales recorded.
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Columbus
New York
Fitzsimmons posts 5000 forfeit to bind Jeffries clash
Bob Fitzsimmons, anxious to fight, posts 5000 with The New York Journal sporting editor as a forfeit to bind an additional match with Jim Jeffries and issues an open challenge to face any fighter worldwide.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
New York Journal
Jim Jeffries
Senate Passes Financial Bill Expanding National Banks
A Senate substitute for the national currency bill passed 46 to 29. It creates national banks with 25 000 capital in towns under 4 000. sets the gold standard at 25.8 grains. retires treasury notes as silver is coined. authorizes 30 year bonds at 2 percent in gold. allows banks to issue notes against deposited bonds with a cap tied to paid-in capital.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Nelson
Minnesota
Chandler
New Hampshire
Caffery
Louisiana
Lindsay
Kentucky
Kyle
South Dakota
Jones
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Ank
Sensational Pension Speech by Rep Sims of Tennessee
In Congress on Wednesday Rep Sims charged a debauched public sentiment in the north toward pensions. He compared wartime pension legislation and, with statistics, showed northern and eastern states had about five times as many pension applications as the south for similar service.
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Sime
Tenn
Congress
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Spain
English Agents Killed in Burma Border Demarcation
British Commissioners Kiddle and Sutherland, working on the Burmo Chinese border in Monghem district, have been murdered. Consul Lifton was wounded but escaped. The report comes with Advices from Rangoon via British authorities.
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Rangoon
Burma
Kiddle and Sutherland
Monghem
Lifton
Rail bridge spans washed away after heavy rains
Three spans of the Tallassee and Montgomery railroad bridge over the Alabama river were washed away Tuesday night due to a swollen river from heavy rains. Considerable damage resulted.
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Tallassee and Montgomery
Alabama River
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Orange Free State
General French
London
Chattahoochee River
Recedes
Columbus, Ga
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Anti-Trust League
Southern Progress
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Harmony
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