House Rejects Mail Subsidy for Ocean Steamships
The House for the second time in 24 hours rejected the mail subsidy provision for ocean steamships after a two hour discussion. The Senate amendments on weighing days were also rejected, sending the postoffice appropriation bill back to conference. Senator Penrose moved to recede from remaining Senate amendments and discharge the conferees, a motion carried, leaving the mail subsidy out of the bill for this session.
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Washington
House
Senate
Penrose
Admiral Evans Considered for Vice Admiral Post
President Roosevelt praised Rear Admiral Evans for his Horn cruise and invited a vice admiral appointment while Evans, hobbling on crutches, noted the decision rests with the Navy Department. He visited the White House to pay respects and thanked the president for the encouragement.
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Washington, D. C
Roorevelt
Evans
United States Navy
White House
Evang
Airship Explodes in Berkeley Trial Flight
A giant airship about 300 feet high toppled during a Saturday test near Berkeley, dropping to the ground in view of 10,000 spectators. Sixteen crew members were aboard. all but possibly one are expected to recover from injuries. Engineer L C Rogers suffered a fractured right leg and internal injuries and may die. The accident drew a large crowd of Berkeley and Oakland residents to the filled airship field.
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Oakland
Cal
Berkeley
L. C. Rogers
Tennessee Bar Association hears Wright on Japan topic
General Luke W. Wright of Tennessee, former governor of the Philippines, addressed the Tennessee Bar Association in Nashville on Japan. He said he had planned to speak on Secretary Taft’s chosen subject but disagreed on the Philippine question and chose a different focus, and Secretary Taft was made an honorary member.
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Luke Wright
Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville
Tenn
Luke W.rigit
Tennessee
Philippines
State Bar Association
Japan
Wright
Tat
Taft
Alleged Forger Meets Death in Bristol Shooting
Bristol Tennessee report says Filmer Greer a fugitive wanted at Mountain City for obtaining a large sum under false defense was shot and killed by a detective in New Mexico after Greer wounded the detective. A $400 reward had been offered for Greer, who was 35 years old.
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Bristol
Tenn
Filmer Greer
Stase
Mountain City
Teniattive
New Mexico
Greer Greer
War on Race Track Gambling Pushed by Governor and Legislature
Final plans are made for a statewide drive to end all wagering on horse racing in Louisiana. Governor Sanders announced opposition to betting and leaders say a bill will be presented in the Legislature within days to eliminate gambling associated with horse racing, potentially ending the winter racing season in New Orleans.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Sanders
Ion
Hich
Proposal to rewrite or scrap the U S Constitution
Chicago professor Charles Zueblin urged revising or abolishing the Constitution in a Northwestern Psi Upsilon Alumni banquet address. He argued the United States suffers from faulty institutions and a deficient electorate, claiming even a Swiss herdsman outreads the average American in political intelligence.
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Chicago
United Stats
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Psi Upsilon Alumni Association
Northwest
Zueblin
Peaches In Plenty for Gotham This Season
New York City will see a larger supply of peaches this summer than in a decade, bringing lower consumer prices. Reports from southern orchards including Georgia are favorable for a large, fine crop, with strong growth and heavy foliage offering protection against most dangers except excessive moisture.
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New York
New York City
Georgia
Unveiling of Southern Cross at Confederate Memorial Day
Representatives from Southern societies in Washington plan a June 7 Confederate memorial day at Arlington Cemetery. The ceremony will feature the unveiling of the Southern cross with eighty young women chosen from Washington Southern families. Governors Glenn of North Carolina and Rep Thetas W Sims of Tennessee will be asked to speak.
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Arlington Cemetery
Washington
D. C
Arlington
Glover Son of Mrs Eddy Jailed After Night Out
George Washington Glover son of Mrs Baker G Eddy arrived in Deadwood from Leadville to tour the town. After an altercation over a recalcitrant horse he was arrested by a police officer and spent the rest of the night in the jail.
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George Washington Glover
Deadwood
S. C
Baker G. Eddy
Leadville
Glover
Famine in Uganda Province Reports 40600 Deaths
In Usoga province of Uganda more than 40,600 people have died from a severe famine. The government is feeding 50,000 natives as crop failures cause expected suffering in the coming months.
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Uganda
Mombasa
British East Africa
Usoga
Ten Million Dollar Mortgage Tied to Alabama Development Plan
The Birmingham and Gulf Navigation company filed a $10,000,000 mortgage with Carnegie Trust Company of New York, marking the first step toward executing Tidewater Development Company plans in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham and Gulf Navigation Company
Carnegie Trust Company of New York
Tidewater Development Company
Senate passes flag desecration bill with military banner carveout
Washington D C The senate approved a bill to ban flag desecration with an amendment that its restrictions do not apply to banners or flags carried by military or patriotic organizations authorized by law.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
United States
Pro and Victim in Jackson Shooting Sparks Nightlife Feud
John Catalano proprietor of Lemon Jackson was shot dead by W W Harwell Jackson Coffee Company after a disputed business quarrel. The article notes Catalano's dying accusation of provocation and mentions a separate Kingston Jamaica city fire and a decades old insurance dispute over gold and silver coin mottos. President Roosevelt signed a bill to restore In God We Trust on currency.
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John Catalano
Jackson
Mer
W. W. Harwell
Jackson Coffee Company
Catalano
Kingston
Jamaica
Roosevelt
Democrats Protest Vainly Over House Apportionment Bill
Washington lawmakers passed a campaign contribution publicity bill with Crumpacker’s Indiana amendment to reduce house representation in states with disfranchisement laws. The measure cleared the House 160 to 125 amid a sharp debate. Southern members condemned the apportionment provision as a reconstruction era remnant. Democrats opposed the bill after backing the Crumpacker amendment.
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Washington, D. C
Crumpacker
Indiana
House of Representatives
House
Mr. Williams
Conference of Agriculture Officers and Inspectors Set
Washington reports an important conference of Agriculture Department officers and meat inspectors from across the United States to align enforcement of new meat inspection regulations. Secretary Wilson, Dr. A. D. Melvin, and bureau experts will lead discussions in Chicago starting May 25 for several days.
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Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Chicago
Wilson
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Blizzard and Snow Load Hit Montana and Wyoming Ranches
In Montana's Dawson County a blizzard began Wednesday bringing two feet of snow on the level and drifts of five to six feet crushing sheep and lamb losses. Sheridan Wyoming recorded three feet of snowfall throughout Wednesday and overnight, causing widespread damage.
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Montana
Wyoming
Butte
Mont
Dawson County
Sheridan
Wyo
Typographical Union Officers Reelect President Lynch
Indianapolis reports the International Typographical Union announces re election of President Lynch Vice President Hays and Secretary Treasurer Bramwood as enough local unions have voted though final counts will take several days with official counting to begin June 1.
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Lynch
Hays
J. W. Bramwood
Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
Governor Folk and saloonists clash over Sunday closing law
In St Louis Missouri saloon keepers prepare to resist Governor Folk as he threatens to close Sunday windows outside districts as firmly as in the city Volk vows to use every power to close the establishments. The dispute centers on extending Sunday closing laws beyond St Louis and potential extreme measures by saloon operators.
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St. Louis
Folk
Volk
Man Held After Wife Dies of arsenic Poisoning
Gadsden Alabama J G Albright of Walnut Grove is jailed on charges linking him to his wife’s death ten days earlier. The wife reportedly used arsenic as a tonic and died suddenly. her body was exhumed revealing poison as the cause.
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Alabama
Gadsden
Ala
J. G. Albright
Walnut Grove
Widows to Be Invited to Confederate Reunion
General Ferguson of the invitation committee issued a call for the names of Confederate widows. Invitations will be sent for the June 9 to 11 reunion with word of an open house and attentive reception for the widows.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fred Ferguson
Committee On Invitation
Ferguson
Railroad Horror at Contich Belgium Disaster Kills Dozens
A major Belgian rail crash near Contich six miles southeast of Antwerp killed about sixty people and wounded one hundred. An Antwerp Brussels express plowed into a standing train carrying pilgrims to Turnhout after a defective switch failed.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Europe
Contich
Subpoenaes Hit Gotham Cotton Exchange Board in Probe
Forty six New York cotton exchange members including the 1905 board of managers and many grade revision committee members were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. The probe centers on Edwin S Holmes and the 1905 bureau of statistics dismissal over crop reporting leaks. The government seeks further evidence to potentially reopen the case and pursue prosecution.
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New York
N. Y
New York Cotton Exchange
Federal Grand
Board of Managers
Edwin S. Holmes
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Means Defeat of Ship Subsidy in Postoffice Bill Vote
Washington D C Friday the House rejected the conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill by 147 to 155, spelling defeat for the ship subsidy. Opponents included Stafford Kansas Small North Carolina Finley South Carolina while Murdock Kansas condemned the mail weighing system. Hobson Alabama lamented breaking with his party to back the subsidy as a national issue.
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House
Washington
D. C
Messrs
Stafford
Kansas
Small
North Carolina
Finley
South Carolina
Murdock
Hobson
Alabama
Torpedo Station Accepted by U.S. Government
Savannah Georgia reports that six buildings forming the torpedo station on the government reservation have been formally accepted by the government through Lt Col Dan C Kinman. With the installed apparatus the Savannah harbor could be mined quickly harming enemy ships. a 1000 foot causeway with a steel dock is nearly finished extending into the sound and will cost about 17000 dollars.
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Savannah
Dan C. Kinman
Woman shoots husband in field at Beauville Alabama
Following family trouble Mrs Charles Clark tracked her husband to a field in Beauville Alabama and shot him inflicting a possibly fatal wound. She has not been arrested but is under surveillance as the husband’s injuries are assessed.
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Beauville
Ala
Charles Clark
Senator McEnery Re elected to Second Term in Louisiana
Louisianan Samuel Douglas McEnery wins reelection by both houses of the Louisiana legislature. His current term ends March 3, 1909. He will go to Washington to serve another term as United States Senator.
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Washington
Baton Rouge
United States
Samuel Douglas McEnery
Senate
House of Representives
Louisiana
Taft Attends Tennessee Bar Association Meeting
Secretary of War Taft was guest of honor at the Tennessee Bar Association in Nashville. He attended the Saturday morning session and was hosted at Belle Meade by Judge J. M. Dickinson. Taft delivered an address discussing the U S takeover of the Philippines by the American government.
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Tennessee Bar Association
Nashville
Tenn
Taft
Horace H. Lurton
Bar Association
Belle Meade
J. M. Dickinson
Bar Association of Tennessee
Philippines
Conflicting Orders Put Two Courts at Odds in Inman Case
Judge Newman rules against recognition of an ancillary petition in Inman and Company bankruptcy. He orders the receiver Thomas Barrett Jr to ignore a demand from a U S marshal acting under Judge Speer’s Macon court. The ruling clashes with Speer’s court, placing both districts at odds.
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Atlanta
Newman
United States District Court
Inman and Company
Emory Speer
Macon
Thomas Barrett, Jr
Barrett
Georgia towns lucky total 600000 for public buildings
The omnibus public buildings bill passed by the senate provides more than 600000 for Georgia public works. Amendments by Senators Bacon and Clay add sites at Cartersville Carrollton Augusta and Milledgeville and new buildings for Milledgeville. Representative Bartlett and Hardwick secured several site and building appropriations, with joint conference likely to approve.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
D. C
Senate
Georgia
Bacon and
Clay
Cartersville
Carrollton
Augusta
Milledgeville
Bartlett
Lumberman Indicted for Forgery In Valdosta
Valdosta Georgia grand jury returned a true bill against W D Jenkins Lumber Company charging obtaining money by forgery The alleged scheme involved forged lumber bills of lading to defraud a local bank of six to eight thousand dollars Jenkins left town two months ago on a business trip to the north with duties left to office staff Efforts to arrest him continue Jenkins originated in Chicago years ago
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Valdosta
Superior Court Grand
Jenkins
Chicago
Receivers Cited in Georgia Rule to Show Cause
Judge Speer in the United States court for the Southern District of Georgia issues a rule to show cause against receivers Thomas Barrett Jr and A L Waldo to turn over assets of the failed Inman firm of Augusta. Marshal George F White is custodian and will serve process in Augusta. Returnable Tuesday May 26.
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Speer
Barrett
Waldo
Macon
United States Court
Southern District of Georgia
George F. White
Inman
Augusta
Thomas Barrett Jr
A. L. Waldo
Newman
Marshal White
A Bonanza Peach Crops Predicted by State Entomologist
Atlanta Georgia reports priced peach season seen as strong by State Entomologist E L Worsham after extensive crop surveys. He predicts prices at least equal to last year averaging one dollar per crate and an output surpassing six thousand cars. Estimated Georgia growers revenue exceeds two million dollars from the crop.
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Atlanta
Georgia
E. L. Worsham
Women Keep Post Off ces Senate Rejects Nominations
Georgia and Texas senators blocked male replacements for women postmasters. The senate rejected three nominees to succeed Hattie Gilmer in Toccoa Georgia Mary Melton in Conyers Georgia and Jeannette McConnell s successor in Jacksboro Texas. Senate opposition halted confirmations since last December.
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Senate
Hattie Gilmer
Mary Melton
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Texas
T. W. Scott
Hattie F. Gilmer
Toccoa
John T. A. McCullum
Mary A. Melton
Conyers
Everett Johnson
Eagnette D. McConnell
Jacksboro
Tex
Clay
Culberson
Post Office Department
Complications Mount in Inman & Co Bankruptcy Case
Telegrams from New Orleans indicate the Fifth Circuit granted a review of Judge Speer’s custodian appointment in the Southern District of Georgia and issued a supersedeas. The high court’s action puts Speer’s order in abeyance while origins papers are filed and a hearing in Atlanta is scheduled.
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Inman & Co
Atlanta
New Orleans
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Plow Up Cotton Crop Ten Percent Order by Farmers Union
National Farmers Union officers issue an imperative directive to plow up at least 10 percent of the planted cotton. Members in many sections report following the order, expected to cut overall cotton acreage. Secretaries will record compliance and noncompliance by members in each union.
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Farmers’ Union
Atlanta
New Judicial District Proposed for Southern Georgia
A bill to create a new United States judicial district in Georgia divides the existing southern district into southern and eastern districts. The Savannah and Valdosta divisions would form the new district, with jurors required to reside within it. The measure, supported by local lawyers, aims for prompt introduction in Congress via Representative Brantley.
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Washington
Savannah
Letty
Brantley
United States Judicial
Georgia
Valdosta
FINALE OF APPEAL SENDS MCNELIS CASE BACK
The Georgia Supreme Court sent the McNelis vs State appeal back to the Court of Appeals after review, enabling withdrawal of the case per defense wishes. The original case from Richmond County city court raised constitutional questions about the state prohibition law and was certified to the high court. Attorneys sought withdrawal to challenge the prohibition law in the United States court, and the transfer signals permission to proceed with that withdrawal.
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State Supreme Court
McNelis
Court of Appeals
Atlanta
Supreme Court
State Court of Appeals
Frank McNelis
Richmond County
McNells
United States Court
Major Robert Ligon McWhorter Dies at 88 Near Athens
Major Robert Ligon McWhorter a renowned Georgia figure dies at his Woodville home near Athens in his eighty ninth year. He leaves behind widow and sons Judge Hamilton McWhorter and J. W. McWhorter. He served in both Georgia's legislature and senate and influenced public life for decades. The decline of his active work spanned before the war to long past a quarter century before his death.
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Georgia
Athens
Robert Ligon McWhorter
Woodville
Hamilton McWhorter
J. W. McWhorter
McWhorter
Senate
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