Four Men Trigger Train Hijack Kill Engineer Near Leland
Four men stopped a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train near Leland Mississippi killing engineer J M Rhea as he slept. They forced the Pullman crew to uncouple the engine and move the train to Shelby where Cocke Phipps Lauderdale and Blackman were arrested. Cocke is a Cleveland planter and merchant. Phipps Shelby postmaster. Lauderdale related to Phipps. Indignation grows over possible lynching.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. M. Rhea
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Cocke
Cleveland
Miss
Phipps
Shelby
Lauderdale
Blackman
Leland
Rhea
Fort Rodman Parade Ground Funding Approved
Fall River Mass December 30 Congressman Greene notified Mayor Ashley of New Bedford that the war department approved an additional expenditure of 4000 dollars to complete grading of the parade ground at Fort Rodman New Bedford harbor. The post is expected to become one of New England’s finest military installations.
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Fall River
Mass
W. S. Greene
Ashley
New Bedford
War Department
Fort Rodman
New Bedford Harbor
New England
Michigan Central Changes Formal Reincorporation Filed
Lansing December 30 papers show the Michigan Central relinquished its special charter and reincorporated under the general railroad law. Articles list capital at 18 736 000 dollars and indicate the company will pursue legal action to recover damages claimed from the state for losses.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Central Railroad
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets Offered As Cure All Forms
An internal remedy for catarrh claims to cure nasal throat bronchial and stomach forms by acting on the blood. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are marketed as safe convenient and effective with Dr. Eaton cited praising results. Complete treatment and a free booklet are sold by F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich at 50 cents.
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Stuart
Eaton
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Daly Held In Attemped Assault on Waltham Woman
In Waltham on December 30 18 year old William F Daly was arrested on a charge of attempted felonious assault of Eva Whitehouse a domestic at Main Street. Whitehouse identifed Daly as her assailant alleging the attack occurred yesterday afternoon in Grove Hill cemetery while she walked home to visit her sister Mrs George Earle. Daly denies the claim and says he never saw the woman. He will be arraigned tomorrow morning.
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William F. Daly
McKenna
Peabody
Eva Whitehouse
Grove Hill Cemetery
Miss Whitehouse
William Haul
Main Street
George Earle
Grove Street
Daly
Boston Conference Aims to Avert Truckers Strike
A Boston meeting brought together the Allied Freight Transportation Trades Council and the Team Drivers union No 25 to relay workers’ grievances to President Lincoln of the Chamber of Commerce. State arbitration officials outlined settlement steps and master teamsters objections to wages hours and union recognition. Lincoln plans a joint conference with the parties next Wednesday.
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Allied Freight Transportation Trades Council
Team Drivers’ Union
Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
Warren A. Reed
Charles Dana Palmer
Richard P. Barry
State Board of Arbitration
Master Teamsters
Boston ministers debate IT students Kammers at social
At a Congregational ministers meeting in Boston on December 30 the Institute of Technology students Kammers became the topic of brief discussion. Rev Leavitt of Somerville urged they faced a false position after last Monday’s vote denouncing the Kammers. A motion to set the resolution as the next meeting's order after President Pritchett’s address was carried.
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Boston
Congregational Ministers
Kammers
Institute of Technology
Pierce of
Mpello
Pritchett
Leavitt
Somerville
Died of Vaccination in Cambridge
Cambridge reports a death from lockjaw linked to vaccination. Annie Gertrude Caswell, five, daughter of Albert A. Caswell, died Saturday after vaccination two weeks earlier. Dr G T Weeks noted uncertainty if death stemmed from impure vaccine, as he was summoned only a day before. Anti tetanic serum failed to save her.
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Cambridge
Annie Gertrude
Albert A. Caswell
G. T. Weeks
Johnson Plan Hit By Court Ruling In Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio December 30 Judge Dis set of the common pleas court ruled that Director of Charities Cooley in Mayor Johnsons cabinet lacked authority to pardon prisoners from the Cleveland workhouse undermining the federal plan of municipal government in Ohio. Prominent attorneys say the decision could affect the entire plan and its future viability.
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Cleveland
Disset
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Charities
Cooley
Johnsons
Death of Scottish artist Dalrymple in Belfast
A despatch from Belfast reports that well known Scottish artist John Dalrymple died of starvation on Christmas night in squalid surroundings. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and won three first prizes at the Paris exposition.
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London
Evening News
Belfast
John Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Royal Academy
Vanderbilt Guests Entertained by Mr and Mrs Vanderbilt
Asheville December 30 The Baltimore House welcomed a party of distinguished guests hosted by Mr and Mrs George Vanderbilt. Among the visitors were Ambassador Joseph Choate Prince Delegraco Talley RAND Perigord and Commander and Mrs Cowles of Washington D C planning social engagements during their stay.
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Asheville
N. C
George Vanderbilt
Baltimore House
Joseph Choate
Prince Delegraco Talleyrand Perigord
Cowles
Washington
Harvard selects M. Hugues LeRoux as 1902 French lecturer
Cambridge December 30 The Cercle Francais de l Universite Harvard has chosen M Hugues LeRoux as the French lecturer for 1902 LeRoux is a noted author journalist traveler and celebrated speaker in France.
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Cambridge
Cercle Francais de l'Universite
Harvard
M. Hugues LeRoux
M. LeRoux
France
Census reveals 183 corporations hold vast industrial power
Washington census figures show total authorized capital of 3.61 billion and issued stock of 3.09 billion for 183 corporations in 1900. Iron and steel lead gross products at 508.6 million, with major roles for food, chemicals, and metals.
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Washington
Iron and Steel
Rare Antiques Seized Overvaluation Leads to Auction
Boston authorities plan seizure of about 16000 dollars in antiquities imported months ago and entered at the custom house last October. Nine cases across three invoices, valued at 5000 dollars, are in New York during appraiser review. Examiners raised the value by about 11000 dollars, noting some items up to 650 percent higher. Items include old church vestments, tapestries, and silver embroidery. No fraud alleged, only careless invoicing.
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Boston
Lyman
Custom House
New York
Board of United States
Vital Benjulat
John W. Trafton
London
Hartford Youth Shoots Self Over Love Affair
Charles Herman aged 19 of Middletown Conn shot himself in the heart region in the toilet at a Hartford railroad station this afternoon. He was taken to a hospital where his condition is reported critical. A disappointment over a love affair with a Springfield woman said to have been the cause. He is a son of Edward Herman of Middletown.
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Hartford
Conn
Charles Herman
Middletown
Springfield
Edward Herman
Jules Gambon Returns From Home Leave
Jules Gambon, French ambassador, arrives aboard the French steamship Lachampagne in New York, returning from a months long home leave.
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New York
Jules Gambon
Naturalists Gather for 20th Annual Meeting in Chicago
Scientists from across the nation converge on the University of Chicago for the 20th annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists. Physiologists lead sessions as other societies begin their conferences, with papers by Dr. G. T. Kemp on blood plate elation and Dr. David J. Lingle on sodium's heart role.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
American Society of Naturalists
American Society
G. T. Kemp
David J. Lingle
Loeb
Lingle
Physiological Society
Jaques Loeb
W. L. Porter
A. P. Matthews
Bridges Washed Out Cut Roads In Two States
High water washed away three spans of the Virginia and Southwestern railway bridge at Elizabethtown Tennessee. two spans at Butler. half a mile of track between Elizabethtown and May Mead. several trestles on the Tennessee division. East and Western North Carolina railroad also suffered washouts forcing suspension of traffic.
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Bristol
Ten
Virginia & Southwestern Railway
Elizabethtown
Butler
May Mead
Tennessee
East and Western North Carolina Railroad
Indicted Charities official for grand larceny
New York December 30 the grand jury indicted Charles A Alden acting treasurer of the Charities department for grand larceny He disappeared December 21 after an audit found a shortage of 3100 in his books and records
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New York
Charles A. Alden
Charities Department
Alden
Train Service Crippled by Washouts Near Bushy Creek
Montgomery reports train service into the city badly crippled due to washouts on the Louisville and Nashville line. A passenger train struck a washout near Bushy Creek, destroying the engine and postal and baggage cars with injuries to no one.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville & Nashville
Bushy Creek
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