Meridian Tornado Toll and Relief Efforts Detailed
The Meridian Mississippi tornado left twenty four dead and forty six injured with many expected to die. Property losses top one million, residences hit hardest in Lindsey Hill and surrounding areas. State militia aided cleanup as relief funds rose and convicts shipped in to help.
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Meridian
Miss
Lindsey Hill
Pet Els Georgetown
Macon
Marion
Meehan Junction
General Relief Committee
Mississippi
Jackson
Vardaman
Rankin County
Mid- Mobile
Ala
Young Men's Christian Association
General Duvall Assigned to Gulf Command
The War Department announces Brigadier General P. Duvall will command the Department of the Gulf with headquarters in Atlanta. Duvall, noted for a long artillery career, is described as one of the army's most popular officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Gulf
Atlanta
War Department
Washington
P. Duvall
Department of the Gulf
Duvall
Army
Louisiana Wins Boundary Contest Over Mississippi
The United States Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Louisiana in the water boundary dispute with Mississippi. The case centered on the peninsula and adjacent islands, arising from a controversy between the two states.
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Mississippi
High Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Engine Crew Meet Death in Smithfield W V Wreck
A freight engine turned over on the Baltimore and Ohio short line at Smithfield West Virginia Monday morning burying the engineer, fireman, and brakeman beneath the ruin. They were roasted by escaping steam in the fatal accident.
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Smithfield
W. Va
President Roosevelt Delighted by Hepburn Rate Bill Report
President Roosevelt is in excellent spirits over a favorable senate committee report on the Hepburn railroad rate bill. Representative Hepburn and Senator Dolliver described the president as greatly pleased after their conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Representative Hepburn
Dolliver
Senate Committee
Longworth Honeymoon Ends as Couple Arrives in Tampa
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth arrived in Tampa Friday afternoon and described their Cuba stay as pleasant thanks to Cuban officials entertainments They departed at 8 40 p m on the Atlantic Coast Line train bound for Washington
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Tampa
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Cuba
Far Atlantic Coast Line
Washington
Georgia Briefs Highlight Political and Rail News
Georgia brief highlights deny railway sale rumors via Colonel J P Williams of Savannah. A county Democratic primary date is fixed with a white only voting rule. Atlanta hosts new prison growth and a 700 prisoner capacity. Also noted are a Sparks Railway charter a Life Insurance entry and a Tennessee watermelons requisition for Walker County.
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J. P. Williams
Savannah
Georei Oie and Alabama Railway
Fins Face Horrible Death on Ice Trek
Helsingfors dispatch reports about 800 fishermen and families afloat on the Gulf of Finland feared doomed. About 1,000 people with horses sought ashore days ago, a storm separated them, ice split, and a block with 60 persons landed at Frederikshald. The fate of the rest remains unknown.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Frederikald
Prize Fight Ends Fatally in San Francisco
Bantamweight champion Frankie Neil knockouts Harry Tenny on Wednesday night. Tenny dies Thursday in San Francisco. Police order arrests for all involved. Neil and six others including Coffroth Graney Britt Levy and Shaughnessy surrender. charged with manslaughter. released on $500 cash bail.
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Tenny
Harry Tenny
Frankie Neil
San Francisco
Neil
James Coffroth
Eddie Graney
Willis Britt
Morris Levy
Mark Shaughnessy
Judge Accused Officials Drunk at Chief Justice Funeral
Alabama headlines ripple as Justice John C. Anderson pleads guilty to consuming alcohol at the Athens burial of Chief Justice Thomas N. McClellan. The Rev J D Ellis of Birmingham, editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate, collapsed and died in Birmingham.
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Ellie
Anderson
J. D. Hillis
Alabama Christian Advocate
Birmingham
The
Advocate
John C. Anderson
Supreme Court
Thomas N. McClellan
Athens
Aia
Anniston
Decatur
East Lake
Avondale
Ellis
Justice Anderson
Alabama
Mr. Ellis
the Advocate
J. D. Ellis
Ala
Woman Testifies Revealing Plot in Aiken Killing Case
In Washington Georgia on a February 10 ambush plot to kill Benjamin Aiken, Mell Adkins and Alex Adkins faced preliminary trial before Judge Hardeman. Mrs. Benjamin Aiken testified she was told of the plot, the Adkins were linked by sightings and a top buggy with curtains, and both were bound over for $1,000 bail each before being sent to jail without bond.
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Mell Adkins
Alex Adkins
Aiken
Further reprieve for Patrick hearing postponed in Rice murder case
The New York hearing on Albert T Patrick's motion for a new trial was adjourned until April 3. Patrick, convicted of the murder of millionaire William Marsh Rice, faces execution on March 19 and will require another gubernatorial reprieve.
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Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
New York
Higgins
Patrick
Bodies Found in River After Boy and Mule Vanish
Mose Batley of Pooler and the mule he rode were recovered from the Ogeechee River near Meldrim on Saturday night. The boy held the reins with a foot in the stirrup and had been dead for days. He had been sent into Bryan county sixteen days earlier for the animal. An inquiry followed the search. it is believed the boy rode the mule off a bridge in darkness.
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Mose Batley
Pooler
Ogeechee River
Meldrim
Faa
Bryan County
President Cannot Attend Wheeler Memorial Ceremony
Colonel Livingston and Senator Clay met with President Roosevelt and presented the Wheeler Memorial Committee’s invitation for a delegation to extend a formal invitation to attend the reunion in Washington. The president said it was impossible to leave Washington to attend and discounted sending a delegation to extend the invitation.
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Forestairs
Atlanta
Wheeler Memorial Committee
Livingston
Clay
White House
Roosevelt
Washington
Immense Marble Quarry Incorporation Filed in Alabama
Papers of incorporation for an immense marble quarry in Talladega, Alabama, were filed Tuesday in Montgomery. The company is capitalized at 366000 dollars and will mine marble on an extensive scale in Talladega. Incorporators are H. M. Atkinson, P. S. Arkwright, R. B. Cumnane and G. Moretti.
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AlaDama Osase Eeur Wens
Talladega
Ala
Montgomery
H. M. Atkinson
P. S. Arkwright
R. B. Cumnane
G. Morett
Philippine Bill Shelved After Committee Vote
The Payne bill, passed by the House 258 to 71, was defeated in the Senate Committee on Philippines by a vote of five to against. The measure is effectively dead unless the committee chair appeals to the full Senate by resolution, an unlikely move.
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Senate Committee On
Philippines
Payne
House
Senate
Promise by McCurdy to return from Paris voyage
Richard A. McCurdy, former Mutual Life Insurance president, reportedly signed a written agreement with District Attorney Jerome to come back to the United States upon demand. He is to return by September 1 if required, while en route to Paris.
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McCurdy
Paris
New York Herald
Richard A. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Jerome
McCall Left "Puny" Estate to Wife in Probate Filing
The will of John A. Mc Call former president of New York Life Insurance was filed for probate in New York on Friday. The estate is valued at over $20,000 and is left entirely to his wife who is named sole executrix.
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Livingston Mims
Atlanta
Meee City Club
New York Life Insurance Company
South
Peachtree Street
Ponca de Leon Avenue
Major Mims
Peachtree
South Carolina
Mississippi
Jackson
Jefferson Davis
State Senate
Supreme Court
Tocsin
Mims
General Johnston
Savannah
Joseph E.johnston & Co
Johnston
Virginia
Congress
Cleveland
State of
Georgia
Terrell
Newton
Clarke
Tnder
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Atlanta Cotton Mills
Jake Moore
State Penitentiary
Macon
Prison Commission
Wade Berry
G. W. Oxley
Berry
Oxley
Bibb County
John A. McCall
New York
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Brimountain
Stinson
General Duvall
Georgia Briefs
Democratic Executive Committee
Butta
Cally
Tennessee
Walker County
Georgia Line
Sparks Railway and Construction Company
Philip Cook
Georgia Southern
Florida
Lenox
Adel
Berrien County
Atlantic
Moultrie
Norman Park
Gannon House
Recorder’s Court
James M. McMichael
Forsyth
D. G. Hunt
McMichael
Hunt
State Fair Association
Preacher
Dabney’s
Igies
Calubus
Rock Hill
Pearlan
Highland
American
Phenix
Ames
Mitchell
Studebaker
Milburn
Weber
Columbus
Florence
Oliver
Imperial and Vulcan
Dabney Implement Company
S. Forsyth St
Atlanta, GA
United States
Aoe Baten
Morley Lemon Elixir Company
Philippine
McCall
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