Peabody fund to give $2.5 million to southern schools
Trustees at the Peabody education fund announce final distribution of $2.5 million with the entire sum to educational institutions in the south. Nashville’s Peabody Normal College to receive $1 million on the condition that Tennessee and local counties raise an equal amount. Remaining funds likely follow to Maryland Missouri and Kentucky. Fund founded in 1867 by George Peabody. prior income used.
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New York City
Peabody Education Fund
South
Peabody Normal College
Nashville
Tennessee
Maryland
Missouri
Kentucky
George Peabody
Massachusetts
Country Life Commission Reports On Rural Districts
The country life commission created by the president last August is progressing. The president plans a special message to Congress on rural life improvements and asks the commission to report by December end for review before legislative proposals. Farmers have begun writing to express needs, and the commission’s schedule seeks a census of opinion on its findings.
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Washington
D. C
Country Life Commission
Congress
Roosevelt
Home Voyage of the Fleet Returns to United States
The battleship fleet’s voyage home from Manila is outlined by the navy. Departing December 1, the fleet will stop at Colombo December 14 for six days, then sail via Suez arriving January 5. After a January in the Mediterranean with several ships visiting Villefranche Marseille Genoa Leghorn Malta Algiers Athens Naples and Gibraltar, the fleet leaves February 6 for arrival in the United States February 22.
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Washington, D. C
Manila
Navy Department
Colombo
Suez
Port Said
Mediterranean
Ville Franche
Marseilles
Genoa
Leghorn
Malta
Algiers
Athens
Naples
Negro Bay
Gibraltar
United States
Society of Equity Convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin
The American Society of Equity with about 100000 members and many delegates holds its annual convention in Milwaukee. Composed of farmers, its aim is to regulate farm produce prices by establishing elevators and warehouses nationwide to store grain and other goods and release them as demand requires.
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Organization of Farmers In Convention
Milwaukee
Wis
American Society of Equity
Smugglers Arrested In Large Jewelry Ring
New York City news reports customs officers seized over 20000 dollars worth of cameos and coral jewelry in a New York seizure. The disclosure reveals a vast smuggling plot exceeding 20000 dollars. Five men have been captured and three await trial. Authorities say the suspects are likely used by greater leaders behind the scenes.
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U. S
New York City
Peacemaker killed in Wakefield duel between Jamisons
In ColdauIer Mississippi Manning Jamison aged 30 was killed and his brother Edwin Jamison aged 22 wounded during a knife duel. The pair reportedly squared off after a wrestling incident when Manning tried to intervene as peacemaker prompting Edwin to draw a knife. The brothers fought until both were on the ground with Manning dying within minutes.
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Coldawler
Wakefield
Manning Jamison
Edwin Jamison
Will Kouitz
Manning
Late News Notes From Arganta Va Slate District
Advices from Arganta Virginia report dread and panic in the slate mining center as anonymous letters threaten murder and arson and W M Gregory, a landowner, was shot from ambush. Other items include a child smothered in a folding bed in New York, a fatal shooting in Ruleville Mississippi, a loggers’ feat in Vermont, and a stranded explorer in San Francisco.
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Arganta
Virginia
Richmond
W. M. Gregory
Mary Dougherty
New York City
Ruleville
Miss
J. M. Taylor
Howard Moot
Weathersfield
Vermont
Maxwell Everts
Moot
Yellow fever quarantine eyed for Cuba removal soon
Washington reports the war department expects the Marine Hospital Service yellow fever quarantine in several Cuban provinces to be raised soon unless contingency arises. The policy faces Cuban opposition and burdens the American army in Cuba. England Ireland Scotland and Wales set a two cent postage rate, aligned by governments to boost US Great Britain commercial ties.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Hospital Service
Cuba
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
United States
Great Britain
Bulgaria Declares Independence Threatening War With Turkey
London reports Bulgaria proclaims independence in Tirnovo with a czar ruling all Bulgars in the Near East. Europe debates a renewed Berlin treaty conference, fearing war as Britain and France work to deter Bulgaria and Austria. Servia fears war with Austria Hung ary, while Turkey refuses to recognize Bulgaria’s independence.
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London
England
Tirnovo
Bulgaria
Near East
Europe
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
Turkey
Ferdinand
Balgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Belgrade
Census Bureau Cotton Report Shows 1908 Ginning Totals
The census bureau reports 2,582,688 bales ginned from 1908 to Sept 25, with 23,650 active ginneries. State totals include Alabama 307,508 bales and 2,911 ginneries, Florida 510,290 bales and 3,875 ginneries, Texas 961,835 bales and 3,764 ginneries. Sea Island distribution lists Florida 5,092 bales, Georgia 5,813, South Carolina 370.
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Washington
D. C
Census Bureau
Seal Island
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Sea Island
Georgia
All Records Broken at Brighton Beach Race Track
In a 24-hour race at Brighton Beach a 60 horsepower Simplex car set a new record by covering 1,177 miles. The Lozier and Thomas cars fought for second with Lozier finishing 1,125 miles and Thomas 1,115 miles.
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Brighton Beach
Lozier
Thomas
Louier
Pride of America Fleet Greeted By Thousands In Manila Bay
The Atlantic battleship fleet entered Manila Bay amid sunshine and cheering crowds aboard launches and excursion steamers. Connecticut led the procession past Corregidor as Dewey’s memory lingered. Generals and officials extended greetings while a water parade ensued, sailors kept ashore due to cholera cases in the city.
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America
Manila
P. I
Manila Bay
Dewey
Connecticut
Corregidor
Weston
Admiral Sperry
Smith
Government Buys Silver for Coinage Demand
Washington D C Director of the Mint Leach announces immediate resume of fine silver purchases for subsidiary coinage. He expects about 125000 ounces weekly for an indefinite period as long as there is active demand. Mint stock remains about five million ounces, to be depleted quickly.
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Washington, D. C
Leach
Sunken treasure hunt by Harvard students near Jamaica
An expedition led by Harvard students aboard the Mayflower from New York seeks sunken Spanish galleon treasure off Kingston Jamaica but is outpaced by a Jamaican syndicate. The wreck was found fractured on the seabed. divers recovered Spanish coins but nothing valuable. The leader is Sir Henry Arthur Blake’s son, once Jamaica’s governor 1889-97.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Harvard
New York
Montego
Tarr Canes
Henry Arthur Blake
Bear Breaks From Cage and Kills Baby in Park
In Tuscan Arizona a captive black bear escaped its cage at Pleasure Park and charged a crowd. The bear seized a year-old infant from a go cart and crushed it to death before the mother’s eyes. Attendants shot the bear amid the mob of bystanders.
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Pleasure Park
Tuscan
Ariz
Mrs. Bush Lair
Three Miners Die in Blossburg Gas Explosion
A gas explosion in mine B at Blossburg in Jefferson county Birmingham Alabama killed three miners. The coal mine is owned by the Tennessee Coal Company.
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Birmingham
Ala
Blossburg
Jefferson County
Tennessee Coal Company
Tuberculosis Exposition Voices Labor Hope in D C
Dr Lawrence Flick of Philadelphia spoke at the New National Museum tuberculosis exposition urging united effort to wipe out the disease. Speakers included John Mitchell Samuel Gompers and others as they noted wage earners face higher risk from overwork and unsanitary conditions. Hoffman statistics cited 77,000 deaths among 32 million wage earners.
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Washington
D. C
Lawrence Flick
Philadelphia
New National Museum
Dr. Flick
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Flick
Fick
Robert Koch
Koch
Frederick L. Hoffman
Rumor of US Fleet Seizure at Amoy Stirs City
Locals in Amoy China spread word that the American battleship fleet due in late October planned to seize Amoy and use it as a war base against Japan. Anxiety spread and residents fled the city. Officials ordered against heavy interior travel and two agitators were arrested and given 1,500 blows each.
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Amoy
China
Amoyggs
Japan
Quarantine Lifted Opens Texas Ports to Cuban Traffic
Texas rescinds yellow fever quarantine on Havana and Cuban ports. Acting State Health Officer J. H. Florence announces passengers from Havana and other Cuban ports may enter Texas without detention after a message from the surgeon general confirms the embargo lift.
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Texas
Austin
State Health Department
J. H. Florence
Havana
Cuba
Cuban
The
Marine Hospital Service
Cotton Crop Report Shows September 25 Crop Condition
The department of agriculture reports the cotton crop condition on September 25 at 69.7 percent of normal, down from August 25 and well below 1907. States listed with September 26 figures include Virginia 78, North Carolina 69, South Carolina 68, Georgia 71, Florida 72, Alabama 70, Mississippi 70, Texas 71, Arkansas 7, Tennessee 78, Missouri 70, Oklahoma 7. comparisons to ten year figures are provided.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Thomas Fleming
Stevenson
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Marshall Group
Robert Louis Stevenson
Martin Lund
Pomona
Fort Ross Cove
California
Lund
Mount Scott
Lawton
Okla
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Atlanta
Silver Speer
William A. Speer
Russell J. Thomas
East
Charlotte
N. C
Speers
Speer
Ferdinand of
Congress of the Powers
Census Bureau Cotton Report
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