Sea Level Route Board Endorses Panama Sea Level Canal
The Isthmian Canal Commission advisory board of engineers voted 8 to 5 for sea level construction, after nearly three months of study. American majority led by General Abbott supported a sea level lock plan despite foreign delegates’ nuanced stance. Final report and next meetings unfold with Paris meetings planned for formal work.
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Washington, Special
Board of Consulting Engineers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Washington
Abbott
Davis
Pearson
Burr
Moon
Paris
Board of Engineers
Congress
Hester's Cotton Statement and Bradford Whiskey Fire
New Orleans Special Secretary Hester reports visible world cotton supply at 4,280,856 with American cotton 3,502,856 and other kinds totaling 778,000, compared to last week and last year. In Connellsville Pennsylvania a massive 810,000 gallon whiskey fire at the Overholt distillery devastates the yard and warehouse, causing about 4 million dollars in losses despite insulation by wind toward the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
India
Connellsville
Overholt
Bradford
Younghighway
H.:.c. Frick Coke Company
Blease Trial Opens in Saluda County
The State against Blease, charged with murder, opened in Saluda with venue change motions. The State offered affidavits from 299 citizens alleging bias, while the defense submitted 828 affidavits claiming a fair trial is possible in Saluda. Judge Memminger denied the change, noting insufficient showing of bias and preferring to proceed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saluda
Blease
Sease
Guibeus
Dounsel
Saluda County
Mimmilgel
Memminger
Palmetto Affairs Charters Boost State Agencies
State news reports a flurry of charter grants and capitalizations across South Carolina last week. New entities include Naval Stores Co with $15,000 capital. Cheraw Mercantile in charge. Standard Warehouse Co with a board of directors and listed officers. Uneste Co chartered with capital and officers named. and multiple small clubs and product ventures. Also noted are safety, crime, and public notices including a fatal Italian House fire in New York and police actions tied to letters from the Black Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ombegset Realy
Eraw
Naval Stores Co
Uohimsission
Ben Stevenson
E. C. Prescott
Sy Eval
D. T. Matthews
Ga. Matthews
ainon-Stevens-Boykin Company
Cheraw
John T. Stevens
JL. Durst
Uneste Eee Co
T.L. Ebidetti
Get
Black Hand Society
Hin
Lancaster Railroad to Extend from Ruby to Gum Springs
Cheraw notes that the Lancaster Railroad plans an immediate eight mile extension from Ruby to Gum Springs. Maj. Charles H. Scott of Elkins will lead the survey and supervise construction, with routing adjustments near Mt. Croghan to save funds. From Gum Springs the line will head toward Fox Place and possibly via Dudley to the river near Tradesville in Lancaster County. The South Carolina Cotton Association plans to solicit 15 cent pledges from farmers, arguing producers must set cotton prices amid strong mill demand and aggressive campaigns against cotton. Gaffney reports a crib and barn fire at J C Scruggs’s farm causing loss of three cows and corn, suspected arson, the third such fire in the county in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renteii Cr Lancaster
Ruby
Gum Springs
Cheraw
A. G. Page
Chesterfield Lancaster Railroad
Teriminus
Charles H. Scott
Elkins
West Ivrema
Cheaspeake & Ohio Railroad
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Tm Wv. & L
Tary F. H. Weston
South Carolina
Southern Cotton Association
Atlanta
Gaffney
Testimony Amid Inquiry: Odell Hyde Witnesses Questioned
United States Senator Charity and Depew confronted strong legislative insurance committee testimony. Witnesses denied parts of Hyde statements. Odell was pressed on direct or indirect threats to revoke the Mercantile Trust Company charter, and he asserted there is no truth in that claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin B. Odell
United States
Charity
Depew
Legislative Insurance, Investigation Committee
Azen Hyde
Eil
Hyde
Mercantile Trust Company
Dormitory Fire Wrecks Norman Institute At Norman Park
A wooden boys dormitory at Norman Institute in Norman Park burned, valued with furnishings at 8000 dollars. Trustees plan a brick replacement costing 12000 dollars. Boarding students are housed in local homes until completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie
Norman Institute
Norman Park
Barge Wrecked Off Norfolk After Collision With Steamer
An ocean barge named Frank Pendleton from New York loaded with over two thousand tons of coal was rammed and sunk by the Merchants and Miners steamer Kershaw near Lamberts coal dock in Norfolk. The barge struck a rock amidships and was nearly torn in two. The crew were saved. The wreck lies in the channel and will need to be moved.
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Norfolk
Frank Pendleton
New York
Steainer
Kershaw
Boston
Lamberts Coal Dock
Shooting at Kimball House sparks manhunt in Atlanta
In a quarrel at the Kimball House, Frank B. Meador shot Minder Rawak, a clerk at the vigor stud, then fled the hotel. Rawak was taken to Grady Hospital in serious condition. Police search for Meador, origin of dispute tied to cigarette price.
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Atlanta
Frank B. Meador
Minder Rawak
Vigor Stud
Kimball House
Meador
Rawak
Grady Hospital
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J. Willie Levy
Augusta
Johnson & Murphy
BARRY
Willie Levy
Broad Street
Augusta, Ga
Broad St
Jones St
Field & Kelly
Jones Street
Efield & Co
Babcock
Cincinnati
Chase
Masury
Isaac Donen
Edgefield, S.C
W. Ramsey
G. W. Legwen
Reynolds Street
C. A. Griffin & CO
Home of
Phoenix of
Hartford
Royall Insurance Company
Liverpool
Northern Insurance Company of London
Atlanta-Birmingham Insurance Company
Hartford Insurance Company
Edgefield County
Holland Bros
Cecilan
Commission
London
Southwestern Railway
Hilda
St. Malo
France
Southampton
Jar
St. 0
OF State News
New-York
Invan Ttilian Tegiment
Seventy-third Street
Met
Union
Wm. I Haile
John A. Fant
Francis M Fatt
Farmers’ Bank of
Williamstone
W. A. Simpson
Geo. D. Sullivan
E. H. Welbourne
de BE. Wakefield, Jr
J._C. C_Dirkworth
Georgetown Club
Lewis O’bryan
W. S. Moore
Aiken Cotton and Stock Exchange
O. H. Mobley
Nelson Johnson
W. J. Moseley
R. L. Courtney
Seaboard Product Co
Georgetown
A. G. Jordane
B. Steele
E. W Kaminski
Oregon Lumber Company of
Greenville
Norris
Heyward
D.C
Belziun
Holland
Powell Evans
Philadelphia
James Evans
Florence
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Valley
General Assembly
Mlen Milan
Pickers County
Milan
J. Cannon
Sons of the Revolution
Charleston
Spartanburg
fArthur Adams
Robert Sawyer
Marry A. Berwind
Wilmington, N.G
S. C
Columbia, S. C
South
Odell
Richmond and Tidewater
Richmond, Rappahannock
Germany
Kinoehan
China
Japan
Peter Bros
C. B. Allen
W. J. Rutherford & Co
Reynolds and
Washington Streets
Georgia
Geo. P. Cobb
Arrington Bros
Ql Company
W. F. Sample
H.H. Scott, JR
Garucnman & Karng
Aughman Arling
CauchMan & Aarcine
David Slusky
Studebaker
Moyer Concords
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