Money Gets Short Term and Long Term Senate Terms
Governor McLaurin appoints Money to fill the unexpired term of J Z George as Mississippi’s senator. Money, born August 22, 1839, has served in Congress across multiple terms and studied Cuban affairs. He will assume the unexpired term and planned to return to Mississippi soon after treatment in Washington.
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McLaurin
Mississippi
Money
J. Z. George
George
Aving
Neceasa
Mr. Money
Congress
Eterna
Wator George
Washington King
Be Es
Southern industrial growth boosts funds and new plants in the South
The report notes resilient southern trade and expanding capacity despite fever. New ventures include a $20,000 brass plant in Lynchburg Virginia and several $50,000 to $250,000 capital outfits in Kentucky West Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Yelpine
Lynchburg
Theington Brewing Co
Capital
Lexington
Mannington Crie Light Co
Nnington
W. Va
Empire Uring Mills
House Tex
Mutual Ice Manufactur and Cold Storage Co
Charleston
Sdike Coal Co
Railway and
Et Car Indicator Co
Eden N. C
Henry & McDonald, ,Co
Sister
Winston
N. C
Huntsville
Ala
McMinnville
Tenn
Lattanooga
Luetgert Case Closing Arguments Begin in Chicago
The Luetgert trial nears its end as final arguments start in Chicago on Monday. Attorneys expect the case to go to the jury by week’s end after rebuttal evidence, though some witnesses were absent when called and the defense anticipated Monday’s session. Assistant State's Attorney Mead opened for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mea
Bold Bandits Hold Up Train Near Austin Texas
Four men robbed the southbound International and Great Northern cannon ball train near Austin. The conductor was shot but not seriously hurt. A passenger lost a shirt collar to a pistol ball and another was wounded in the hand. About $200 was taken. the robbers failed to loot the express safe and abandoned the engine after escaping on foot. The engine was recaptured at Duval with the station agent returning.
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International and Great Northern
Austin
Tex
Duval
Two Women Murdered in Camden Home Burglary
In Camden New Jersey an aged widow Mrs Emma Zane 78 and her daughter Mrs Sarah Shaw 45 were killed during a burglary at their home between 430 and 500 am. The sole witness Eli Shaw was ill with typhoid fever and unable to aid police. Robbers fled and no arrests announced.
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Camden
N. J
Emma Zane
Eli Zane
Sarah M. Shaw
Eli Shaw
Shaw
Dale
Culver
Miners Strike At Soddy Creek Mines Near Chattanooga
About 500 workers at the New Soddy Coal Company mines near Chattanooga walked out last Tuesday demanding higher wages. The company says a conference is planned with miners and expects a quick settlement as business remains strong and orders flow in.
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Soddy Creek
Chattanooga
New Soddy Coal Company
Jellico
Yellow Fever Toll Rises In New Orleans Update
A New Orleans bulletin reports 40 new yellow fever cases and 4 deaths, bringing totals to 616 cases and 65 deaths overall. Officials say modern science can curb the disease but public resistance to strict health measures complicates control efforts. 257 have recovered and 294 remain under treatment.
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New Orleans
Board of Earth
Board of Health
Eight Hour Law Paralyzed by Kansas Judge
Judge Wells of the Kansas court of appeals declares the eight hour law practically dead. Contractor Billingsley, working ten hours daily for Marshall county, claimed two extra hours which commissioners refused. Wells holds that over eight hours subjects Billingsley and the commissioners to prosecution.
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Judge Wells
Kansas Court of Appeals
Kansas
Billingsley
Marshall County
Railroads at War Again Cut Passenger Rates in Battle
The Seaboard Air Line and major rivals led by the Southern railway wage a rate war with a differential tariff and an 83 1 3 percent fare cut effective October 25. President Anderson cites attempts to secure through sleeping car service and equal facilities as justification for the action amid ongoing competition and possible court challenges.
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Seaboard
Southern Railway
Anderson
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard Air Line
New York
Atlanta
New Orleans
Chicago
St. Loui
Cincinnati
Trunk Line Association
Tammany Ratifies Nomination At Wigwam Meeting
Tammany Hall ratified the nomination of its candidates for municipal offices in Greater New York at a Thursday Wigwam gathering. The hall was well filled but outside the headquarters a crowd formed around the stands. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio and Colonel William L. Brown sent regrets.
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Ths
Tammany Hall
Greater
New York
Regular Democracy
Campbell
Ohio
William L. Brown
Brotherhood Plan Forged for International Federation
The conference of four railroad brotherhoods in Peoria Illinois adjourned sine die at 11 10 p m Thursday after agreeing on a plan for an international federation. The plan will be submitted to trainmen telegraphers conductors and firemen lodges in the United States Canada and Mexico with returns due by January first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
International Federation
United States
Canada
Mexico
Luetgert Tears Up Over Farewell to Sons
A Chicago dispatch notes the Luetgert defense day as Attorney Phalen pleaded for his client claiming witness intimidation and Perjury by state witnesses. Luetgert, moved, wept during adjournment as he tearfully said goodbye to his two small sons.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Phalen
Vincent
Dalton Gang Pleads Guilty On Largest Court Day
In Dalton Georgia the biggest court day in memory saw most of a car piracy gang plead guilty led by Walter Bohannon. Several co defendants including Tom Kinneman Bill Long Ben Pearce Ed Morris Sam Painter Jim Harris turned state’s evidence while Ralph Ellison faced a trial. Judge Fite await disposition as indictments for receiving and theft are pursued and more charges may follow.
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Dalton
Walter Bohannon
Bohannon
Whitfield County
Tom Kinneman
Bill Long
Ben Pearce
Ed Morris
Sam Painter
Jim Harris
Ralph Ellison
Fite
Courts oppose government by injunction in Denver ruling
Judge Wilson of the Denver Court of Appeals, joined by Judges Thompson and Bissell, condemns the use of injunctions as an extraordinary power. He argues that allowing courts to remedy every wrong would subvert the core principles of the American legal system.
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Wilson
Court of Appeals
Denver
Col
Thompson
Bissell
Death Toll Surges in Yellow Fever Record
A Wednesday tally reports twenty nine new cases and nine deaths in twenty four hours, the highest daily yellow fever fatality since the outbreak began in New Orleans. Mobile adds seven local cases and six brought from Magazine Point. Galveston reports no new cases or deaths. officials dispute virulence and request alternative expert review.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Mobile
Magazine Point
Ala
Guiteras
Galveston
Wyman
Texas
Summons for Evangelina Cisneros Noted in Havana Gazette
Official Havana Gazette reports a military judge order for Evangelina Cisneros to surrender for fifteen days in jail. Civil and military authorities are charged to pursue her and deliver her to Havana jail if captured. It notes her arrival in New York aboard the Ward Line steamer Seneca.
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Militry
Havana
Evangelina Cisneros
New York
Ward Line
Seneca
Father's mistaken fear ends in deadly shot of son
John Branyan, a wealthy farmer near Hoyle post office two and a half miles from Norcross Georgia, shot and killed his sixteen year old son Sunday night about 930 after mistaking a figure on the veranda for a burglar. He awakened from his sleep, sat on the bed with a gun, and fired when the intruder did not halt.
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John Branyan
Hoyle
Norcross
Branyan
Bride Is Only Ninety In Knife Edge Match
Benjamin F. Hunt 88 to wed Mrs. Julia A. Sherman 90 of Watertown. The ceremony slated for the 20th. Hunt, a former Rochester resident now in Boston, will be well provided for. The bride is said to own a fortune exceeding $1,000,000.
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Benjamin F. Hunt
Rochester
N. Y
Julia A. Sherman
Watertown
Mr. Hunt
Boston
Democrats Win Indianapolis Mayor Taggart by Large Margin
Thomas Taggart a Democrat defeats W N Harding in Indianapolis mayoral race by about five thousand votes. Republicans concede a Democratic victory of three to five thousand with six at large council seats won by 2500 to 4000 and Republicans likely electing few ward councilmen. Taggart receives nationwide telegrams after win.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
W. N. Harding
Ind
Taggart
Train Robbers Located Near Tulsa in Hiding
Inspector Houck of the post office department reports train robbers who held up a Rock Island train are hiding about twenty miles from Tulsa. Houk and other officers left Tulsa Wednesday to pursue the desperadoes and expect to capture them.
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Inspector Houck
Post Office Department
Rock Island
Tulsa
I. T. Houk
Quarantines Enforced Across Texas Over Galveston Fever
Texas towns including Beaumont Bryan and a marshal board of health impose strict quarantines on Galveston and other cities. Communication is cut off between Beaumont and the quarantined areas as yellow fever reports trigger regional health actions.
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Texas
Galveston
Beaumont
County Board of Health
Houston
Bryan
Gulf City
Marshal Board of Health
San Antonio
Dalton Court Hears Confessions in Bohannon Gang Case
The Dalton Georgia court arraigns Bohannon gang members who plead guilty to indictments. Ralph Ellison, a noted fence, is convicted after a defense by skilled counsel. Other defendants include Tom Kinneman Jim Harris Sam Painter Eli Morris Ben Pearce Luke White and Jesse Langston. Langston receives a suspended sentence after admitting purchase of stolen goods.
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Bohannon
Bender
Jesse Langston
Murray County
Ellison
Tom Peeples
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Dalton
Drew N. Peeples
New Orleans
Western and Atlantic
Drew Peeples
Drew
Tom
Cleo Cumby
Ex Senator Robertson, SC Leader, Dies in Columbia
Ex United States Senator Thomas J. Robertson of South Carolina dies in Columbia on a Wednesday. A Reconstruction era Republican, he served July 22 1868 to March 3 1877 and chaired the committee on manufacturers. He had been paralyzed for years and left an estate nearing one million dollars.
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T. J. Robertson
South Carolina
United States
Robertson
Columbia
D. C
Butler
United States Senate
Committee of Manufacturers
Mrs Atkinson forgery case ends in mistrial at Glenville
A mistrial was declared in the famous Atkinso n forgery case in Glenville West Virginia after the jury, which stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction, failed to reach a verdict. Court adjourned as Mrs. Atkinson and supporters expressed deep disappointment.
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Glenville
W. Va
Atkinson
Southerners Recognized in McKinley Appointments
President McKinley announced on Wednesday new U S consuls and collectors of customs. Talbot J. Albert of Maryland will serve at Brunswick Germany. William A Prickett of New Jersey at Rheims France. John B Bethell of Richmond Va Jesse W Elliott of Newport News Va William B Shepard of Apalachicola Fla named collectors of customs.
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McKinley
United States
Talbot J. Albert
Maryland
Brunswick
Germany
William A. Prickett
New Jersey
Rheims
France
John 8. Bethell
Richmond
Jesse W. Elliott
Newport News
William B. Shepard
District of
Apalachicola
Fla
Consul Fitzhugh Lee Meets Assistant Secretary Day in Washington
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee arrived in Washington and met with Assistant Secretary Day at the state department. Officials discuss cabinet changes, Joe Weyler's withdrawal and merger by General Blanco, and new developments from Sagasta's accession.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Washington
State Department
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Joe Weyler
Genewl Blanco
Sagasta
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Dalton, Ga
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Colorado
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Biloxi
Scranton
McHenry, M
Evangelina
Roozier
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