Colloquy at Columbia Teaches Southern Race Harmony
A South Carolina conference at Allen University and Columbia Theatre featured Washington, D.C. leaders and white citizens urging law observance and labor reform. Speakers argued for dignity of labor, nursing training, and better education for negro workers to foster peace and economic progress in the region.
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Paesident
Tuskegee. Institute
St Allen University
Columbia Theatre
South
Titute
South Carolina
Wanslurgton
Allen
Richard Carroll
William Ei. Gonzales
The
State
Columbia
Tuskegee Institute
Tabor
Italy
Sant Carolina
Two Brothers in Law Indicted for Bywaters Killing
The grand jury indicted Philip J. and James An Strouiers brothers in the killing of Willim F. Bywaters shortly after he married their sister. The land jury heard many brief witnesses. the indictment was returned quickly after the case opened. Mrs Bywaters was too ill to appear before the grand jury.
London business figure shot dead by youth claiming to be son
Dramatic scene as Willim' Whites, a prominent London business figure, is shot in his office. The assailant, a youth, claimed to be his son and then tried to shoot himself. The chaotic incident stunned the city and triggered a police inquiry into motive and identity.
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London
Cable
Wil-lim
Escapee Wesley Wilkie Recaptured in Salisbury NC
Wesley Wilkie, condemned for Otis Ross murder and who escaped from Gate City jail in December, was recaptured in Salisbury North Carolina. He will be returned to Gate City and hanged on the originally scheduled execution date in February.
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Bristol
Wesley Wilkie
Otis Ross
Gate City
Entence
Eel
Salisbry
Tidal Wave Drowns 1 500 in Dutch Islands Disaster
Tidal wave devastated several East Indian islands south of Avett according to January 11 notices. The Island of Simalu was engulfed with about 1,500 persons feared dead. Violent shocks persist daily. Civil Governor of Atohin tours the disaster area.
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Heague
Indidh
Avett
Simalu
Atohin
Jamaica incident prompts continued British inquiry
A Kingston dispute between Governor Swettenham and Rear Admiral Davis sparks official inquiries from Esma Howard and Sir Edward Grey, with U S Vice Consul Orrett reporting. The cable reply from Jamaica thanks the United States for aid and sympathy, while tensions linger over the incident.
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Washington
Swettenham
Jamaica
United States
Esma Howard
Edward Grey
Orrett
Kingston
Davis
Admiral Davis
United States Navy
Big Georgia Cotton Warehouse Fails in Bankruptcy
In Macon Georgia a special involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court against W A Davis & Co a major cotton and supply warehouse firm. The liabilities and assets are not yet known but the company has been long established and conducted large business.
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Big Georgia
Macon
W. A. Davis & Co
Gerizia
Augusta Hotel Arson Suspect Held for Grand Jury
Parker Crawford, a night clerk at the Augusta Hotel, was held for the grand jury on arson charges after an alleged attempt to burn the hotel last week. He is believed linked to several other fire attempts against the hostelry.
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Neport News
Parker Crawford
Augusta
Young Parker
National Farmers Union Holds Fifth Annual Meeting in Atlanta
The National Farmers Union gathered Tuesday in Atlanta for its fifth annual meeting. Between five hundred and six hundred members attended, with representation from most Southern states and several Northern and Western states. The union claims about a million members nationally. The first closed-session session was presided over by President Charles Barrett of Atwater.
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National Farmer’s Union
Atlanta
National Farmers’ Union
Charles §. Barrett
Atwater
Congress Debates Ship Subsidy and Pension Reforms
President Roosevelts address prompts House and Senate action on ship subsidies and wage provisions. The House adopts measures for naval appropriations totaling about 2 000 000 and 133 000 000 for pensions as lawmakers dispute the consolidation of pension agencies. Senate adjourns early for Senator Alger’s funeral amid limited business.
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BP Housé
Senate
Housé
Gan
Thursda
Roosevél
Congress
House
Merchatné
Deby
Washington
Pesson
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Gardner
Michigan
Alger
Washington Theatre Fire at Ninth and D Streets
The Washington Theatre burned almost completely with unknown origin, early Thursday morning. The blaze confined to the theatre state and auditorium, sparing offices and Spencerian Business College but flooding them with water. Estimated loss stands at 30,000 dollars, with 75,000 dollars insured.
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Washington
Academy of Music
Ninth and
D Streets
Spencerian Business College
Marriott Will Probably Recover From Crash
Ormond Fla Special Fred Marriott, badly hurt when his racing car wrecked at Ormond Day beach while racing along at nearly 125 miles an hour, passed a fairly comfortable night and probably will recover. Initially feared to have internal injuries, no such damage now appears likely.
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Ormond, Fla
Fred Marriott
Ormond-Dayton Beach
Nine Foreigners Die in Tidewater Railroad Explosion
A Richmond special to The Times reports nine foreign laborers were killed by a dynamite blast Saturday near Pearlsburg Virginia on the Tidewater Railroad. They were at dinner when an amount of thawing dynamite exploded in front of a fire. The bodies were found mangled and buried in a ditch.
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Roanoke
Richmond
the Times
Tidewater
Pearlsburg
Dover Fire Kills Four in Mill No 1 Disaster
Four young mill operatives died and a fifth is presumed missing after a disastrous blaze at Mill No 1 of the Cochéedo Manufacturing Company in Dover New Hampshire. The fire, started by belt friction in cotton, trapped workers as exits clogged, with daring rescues by firefighters and a half million dollars in property loss covered by insurance.
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Hamlet
Carolina Distilling Company
Seaboard
Iit
Boydtown
T. F. Boyd
Dover
N. H
Cochéedo Manufacturing Company
Charles Cosgrove
Constantine Elopulous
John Nicholopulous
Redden
Hester
West Virginia mine disasters: 12 dead in Lorenz explosion
Special-Five Americans and seven Italians are reported dead from a fire damp explosion at the Pennsylvania Company's Lorenz mine in Buchannon vicinity. About 5:30 Saturday evening the blast collapsed the mine, entombing an estimated 100 miners. Twelve bodies recovered include five named Americans Charles Boseman William Bailey James Scott Charles Johnson Glenn Miles and seven Italians identified only by numbers. The victims were found roughly 100 feet back. most died of gas as no bodies showed burn marks.
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Weston
W. Va
Pennsylvania Company
Lorenz
Buchannon
Charles Boseman
William Bailey
James Scott
Charles Johnson
Glenn
Miles
St. Louis capitalist J. P. Fife dies suddenly at St James
J. P. Fife, noted St. Louis capitalist, collapsed in the St James hotel lobby Sunday about 11 o clock. Friends nearby summoned Dr. Beherns from the Southern Hotel but he could not save him. Dr Beherns said death was probably from a heart attack but could not be certain.
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St. Louis
J. P. Fife
St. James Hotel
Fife
William Beherns
Heberns
Roanoke Woman Seeks 10000 Damages For Husband Death
Special Mayor Joe P. Cutehin, representing Mrs. Edward Carper, filed against Roanoke Railway and Electric Company for 10000 dollars in damages for the death of Mrs. Carper's husband by electric current. Mrs. Carper herself was injured similarly, and a suit may follow.
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Roanoke
Joe P. Cutehin
Edward Carper
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company
Damage to Connecticut After Reefing Incident at Culebra
Reports from San Juan claim the battleship Connecticut sustained a forward indenture about 50 feet long after running onto a reef entering Culebra Island harbor. Supposedly 7000 feet of lumber and 300 barrels of cement were used to halt leaks as a court of inquiry investigates the accident and apportions responsibility.
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San Juan
P. R
United States
Connecticut
Culebra Island
Walcott Elected Secretary of Smithsonian Institute
Telegraphic briefs report Dr Charles D Walcott director of the Geological Survey has been elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Roosevelt sent a special message urging passage of the Modified Ship Subsidy a river and harbor bill appropriating 2215000 for Baltimore set as part of the current session measures
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Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
Smithsonian Institute
Roosevelt
Congress
Baltimore
Doctor Townsend Shot in New Brighton Mystery
Dr Charles W Townsend eminent Staten Island physician shot in bed at his New Brighton home early Saturday. Officials admit few details but speculate a personal motive and vengeance as the likely cause of the attack.
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New York
Charles W. Townsend
Staten Island
New Brighton
Executive Order to Curb Land Frauds by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt directs that no patent or final title evidence shall be issued for public land until ground examination by an authorized government officer. The order lists exceptions including prior examinations, approved proofs, and special cases for agricultural districts and clerical corrections, dated January 25 1907.
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Hitchcok
Washington, Special
Roosevelt
Birchcock
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Rates to match St Louis exposition for Jamestown period
Passenger representatives of railroads and steamship lines, after a two day Norfolk conference following the Jamestown Exposition, decided to issue a circular to all railroads and transportation lines requesting that rates similar to those during the St Louis Exposition be made effective for the Jamestown period. Rates will vary by distance and time unit and will be reduced significantly.
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St. Louis
Norfolk
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H. C. Marshall
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Washington Theatre
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Cochede Manufacturing Company
W. P. Fife
John Sailoney
White
P. F. Harrington
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Furio
Castirgia
Mil
Leobard Iron Works & Supply Co
Savings Bank
Augusta, Ga
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Gavucuman & I Aring
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Aughman
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C. A. Griffin & CO
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